About the Artwork
The Bird of Washington or Great American Sea Eagle
1827
John James Audubon (Artist) American, 1785-1851 Robert Havell, Jr. (Engraver) American, 1793-1878 Robert Havell, Sr. (Printer) English, 1769-1832 John James Audubon (Publisher) American, 1785-1851
Engraving, etching, and aquatint printed in black ink, colored by hand on wove paper
Image: 35 1/2 × 21 1/2 inches (90.2 × 54.6 cm) Sheet (trimmed inside platemark): 37 5/8 × 24 3/4 inches (95.6 × 62.9 cm) Framed: 45 3/4 × 33 × 1 1/2 inches (116.2 × 83.8 × 3.8 cm)
Prints
Prints, Drawings & Photographs
Founders Society Purchase with funds from Mr. and Mrs. Edgar B. Whitcomb
46.126
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Markings
Inscribed, in plate diagonally, lower left of image: The Bird of Washington, | OR | GREAT AMERICAN SEA EAGLE. | Falco Washingtoniensis.........Male. Inscribed, lower left: Drawn from Nature by John J. Audubon, F.R.S.E. M.W.S. Inscribed, lower right center: Printed & Coloured by R. Havell, Senr. Inscribed, lower right: Engraved by R. Havell Junr. Inscribed, upper left: PLATE 111 Inscribed, upper right: No 3.
Watermark: J WHATMAN 1830
Provenance
1946-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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John James Audubon; Robert Havell, Jr., The Bird of Washington or Great American Sea Eagle, 1827, engraving, etching, and aquatint printed in black ink, colored by hand on wove paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase with funds from Mr. and Mrs. Edgar B. Whitcomb, 46.126.
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