Robert Havell, Jr.
Roseate Spoonbill

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Engraver 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

Roseate Spoonbill

Date1836

PlaceLondon, England

MediumEtching and aquatint with watercolor on wove paper

DimensionsSheet: 25 1/2 × 38 1/8 in. (64.8 × 96.8 cm)

Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, gift of Miss Ima Hogg

Object numberB.75.60

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Bayou Bend

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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, 1952; given to MFAH, 1975.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Inscribed upper left: No.[o superscript with period [.] underneath] 65
Inscribed upper right: PLATE CCCXXI
Inscribed below image, left: Drawn from Nature by J.J. Audubon F.R.S. F.L.S.
Inscribed below image, right: Engraved, Printed and Coloured by R. Havell, 1836
Inscribed below image, center: Roseate Spoonbill. / PLATALEA AJAJA, L / Male Adult

Watermark of J WHATMAN in upper right corner

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