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Harlequin Duck

A work made of hand-colored engraving with aquatint and etching on ivory wove paper.
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  • A work made of hand-colored engraving with aquatint and etching on ivory wove paper.

Date:

1826/39

Artist:

Robert Havell (English, 1793-1878)
after John James Audubon (American, 1785-1851)

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Robert Havell

Title

Harlequin Duck

Place

United Kingdom (Artist's nationality)

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1826–1839

Medium

Hand-colored engraving with aquatint and etching on ivory wove paper

Dimensions

Plate: 52.5 × 71.7 cm (20 11/16 × 28 1/4 in.); Sheet: 65.5 × 97.9 cm (25 13/16 × 38 9/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Markham and Tana Anderson

Reference Number

2004.831

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