Robert Havell, Jr.
American Flamingo

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Artist Robert Havell, Jr. (American, 1793–1878)American, 1793–1878

Artistafter John James Audubon (American, born Santo Domingo, 1785–1851)American, born Santo Domingo, 1785–1851

CultureEnglish

Titles

American Flamingo

Date1838

PlaceLondon, England

MediumEtching and aquatint with watercolor on wove paper

DimensionsSheet: 38 × 24 7/8 in. (96.5 × 63.2 cm)
Frame: 45 7/8 × 32 1/4 in. (116.5 × 81.9 cm)

Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, gift of Miss Ima Hogg

Object numberB.71.5

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DescriptionArtist, naturalist, and ornithologist John James Audubon was born in the French colony of Saint-Domingue in present-day Haiti. At the age of eighteen, he immigrated to the United States. His most important work, The Birds of America, included 435 engraved plates based on his watercolors that were issued between 1827 and 1838. The plates were printed on the largest sheets of paper then available in order to preserve the life-sized images.
Provenance[The Old Print Shop, New York]; purchased by Miss Ima Hogg, 1951; given to MFAH, 1971.
Exhibition HistoryResidence of the Vice President of the United States, Washington, D.C., January 5, 1981–January 18, 1989 (LN81.10)

Petit Museum of the Theta Charity Antiques Show, September 18–23, 1996, Houston, TX (LN:96.36)

Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Inscribed upper left: No.[o superscript with period[.] underneath] 87
Inscribed upper right: PLATE CCCCXXXI
Inscribed below image, center: Drawn from Nature by J. J. Audubon, F. R. S. F. L. S. Engraved, Printed and Coloured by Robt Havell. 1838. / American Flamingo. / PHOENICOPTERUS RUBER.Linn. / Old Male.
Inscribed below image, left: 1._Profile view of Bill at its greatest extension. / 2._Superior front view of upper Mandible. / 3._Interior front view of upper Mandible. / 4._Inferior front view of lower Mandible. / 5._Interior front view of lower Mandible with the Tongue in.
Inscribed below image, right: 6._Profile view of Tongue. / 7._Superior front view of Tongue. / 8._Inferior front view of Tongue. / 9._Perpendicular front view of the foot fully expanded.

Watermark in upper left corner: J WHATMAN

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