Chuck-Wills Widow, Caprimulgus carolinensis. Brifs., Male. 1, Female. 2, Harlequin Snake
date: label: Date made
content: 1829
name: label: graphic artist
content: Havell, Jr., Robert
label: original artist
content: Audubon, John James
notes: label: Description
content: Copper plate engraved in 1829 by Robert Havell Jr. for John James Audubon's publication, the Birds of America, published in Britain between 1827 and 1838 as a series of large folio engravings. The museum's Graphic Arts Collection includes seven of the original copper plates.
label: Description
content: The Birds of America was published in several formats. The first large folio edition was intended for wealthy patrons or institutions. Later editions, produced in the U.S. for a more general audience, included text and smaller, less costly lithographic illustrations.
label: Description
content: Audubon introduced new species and new artistic forms. His dramatic images of birds, pictured life-size in animated poses with realistic backgrounds, represented a departure from the conventions of natural history illustration. His artistic ingenuity, as reproduced in engravings and lithographs, won over new audiences for the subject of nature study.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United Kingdom: England, London
topic: label: Subject
content: Printmaking
label: Subject
content: Birds
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content: Work and Industry: Graphic Arts
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content: Natural Resources
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content: Art
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: William E. Dodge, Jr.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: GA.16981
label: catalog number
content: 16981
label: accession number
content: 15996
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Plate
label: Object Name
content: plate, printing
label: Object Type
content: Engraving
label: Object Type
content: printing plates
label: Object Type
content: Aquatint
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 67.8 cm x 53.5 cm x 2.95 mm; 26 11/16 in x 21 1/16 in x 1/8 in