Hooping Crane. Grus Americana. Adult male.
date: label: Date made
content: 1834
name: label: original artist
content: Audubon, John James
label: graphic artist
content: Havell, Jr., Robert
label: maker
content: Whatman Paper Company
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Engraving with etching and aquatint after original watercolor by John James Audubon. Engraved inscription reads: "No. 46, Plate CCXXVI, Drawn from nature by J.J. Audubon, F.R.S. F.L.S., Engraved, Printed and Coloured by R. Havell, 1834, Whooping Crane, Grus Americana, Adult Male". Plate 226 of Audubon’s large folio edition The Birds of America, known as the double-elephant folio from the size of its handmade paper which measures about 27 by 40 inches. This impression is from the first printing made before the word “Hooping” in the title was corrected on the plate (GA*16984) with the addition of a “W” to read “Whooping.” Common name now spelled "Whooping Crane."
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United Kingdom: England, London
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content: Work and Industry: Graphic Arts
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: GA.22297
label: accession number
content: 272555
label: catalog number
content: 22297
objectType: label: Object Name
content: print
label: Object Name
content: engraving
label: Object Type
content: Engraving
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ink (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 96.5 cm x 65 cm; 38 in x 25 19/32 in