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Robert Havell after John James Audubon

Virginian Partridge, 1830

Not on View

series Title

The Birds of America: Plate LXXVI

Medium

hand-colored engraving and aquatint on Whatman wove paper

Dimensions

plate: 64.8 x 96.8 cm (25 1/2 x 38 1/8 in.)

sheet: 67 x 100.5 cm (26 3/8 x 39 9/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Mrs. Walter B. James

Catalogue Raisonné

Birds of America, no. 76

Accession Number

1945.8.76

Artists / Makers

Robert Havell, Jr. (artist) American, born England, 1793 - 1878

John James Audubon (artist after) American, 1785 - 1851

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Exhibition History

1959: The American Muse: Parallel Trends in Literature and Art, Corcoran Gallery of Art, 1959, no. 7.

2005: Audubon's Dream Realized: Selections from "The Birds of America". The National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2005.

Bibliography

1827: Audubon, John James. The Birds of America. London: 1827-1838.

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