Search Results:

Viewing Record 1 of 11 >>
View : Light Box | List View | Image List | Detailed		 


Maker(s):Audubon, John James; Havell, Robert (engraved by)
Culture:American (Audubon 1785 - 1851) (Havell 1793 - 1878)
Title:Sandwich Tern, from Birds of America
Date Made:1835
Type:Print
Materials:engraving and aquatint printed in black with hand coloring on medium weight wove paper
Place Made:United States
Measurements:sheet: 21 3/4 x 28 15/16 in.; 55.245 x 73.5013 cm; plate: 12 1/8 x 19 1/4 in.; 30.7975 x 48.895 cm
Narrative Inscription:  inscribed in plate, in black at upper left: No. 65, in black at upper right: PLATE CCLXXIX, in black at lower left: Drawn from Nature by J. J. Audubon F.R.S. F.L.S., in black at lower center: Sandwich Tern / STERNA BOYSSII. Lath. / FLorida Cray Fish, and in black at lower right: Engraved, Printed & Coloured by J. Havell, 1835
Accession Number:  SC 1976.54.15
Credit Line:Bequest of Henry L. Seaver
Museum Collection:  Smith College Museum of Art
1976_54_15.jpg

Tags:
birds; water; natural history; nature

Subjects:
Natural history; Nature; Birds; Engraving; Water; Aquatint

Link to share this object record:
https://museums.fivecolleges.edu/detail.php?t=objects&type=ext&id_number=SC+1976.54.15

Research on objects in the collections, including provenance, is ongoing and may be incomplete. If you have additional information or would like to learn more about a particular object, please email fc-museums-web@fivecolleges.edu.

Viewing Record 1 of 11 >>