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Robert Havell after John James Audubon

Snowy Heron, or White Egret, 1835

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series Title

The Birds of America: Plate CCXLII

Medium

hand-colored engraving and aquatint on Whatman wove paper

Dimensions

plate: 65.4 x 52.7 cm (25 3/4 x 20 3/4 in.)

sheet: 100 x 68 cm (39 3/8 x 26 3/4 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Mrs. Walter B. James

Catalogue Raisonné

Birds of America, no. 242

Accession Number

1945.8.242

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

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