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Male Indigo Bird

A work made of hand-colored engraving, with aquatint, on cream wove paper.
CC0 Public Domain Designation

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  • A work made of hand-colored engraving, with aquatint, on cream wove paper.

Date:

1829

Artist:

Robert Havell (English, 1793-1878)
after John James Laforest Audobon (American, 1775-1851)

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Robert Havell

Title

Male Indigo Bird

Place

England (Artist's nationality:)

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Made 1829

Medium

Hand-colored engraving, with aquatint, on cream wove paper

Dimensions

Image: 46 × 29.6 cm (18 1/8 × 11 11/16 in.); Plate: 49.8 × 31.3 cm (19 5/8 × 12 3/8 in.); Sheet: 97 × 65 cm (38 1/4 × 25 5/8 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Robert Allerton

Reference Number

1925.1633

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