Ferruginous Thrush, 1834

  • John James Audubon, American, 1785-1851
  • John James Audubon, American, 1785-1851
  • Robert Havell, Jr., American, 1793-1878
  • Robert Havell, Jr., American, 1793-1878

Engraving, etching and aquatint printed in black ink, colored by hand on laid paper

  • Sheet (trimmed inside platemark): 37 1/2 × 24 3/4 inches (95.3 × 62.9 cm)
  • 45 3/4 × 33 × 1 1/2 inches (116.2 × 83.8 × 3.8 cm)

Founders Society Purchase with funds from Mr. and Mrs. Edgar B. Whitcomb

46.128

Signed, in plate, lower left: Drawn from Nature by J.J. Audubon F,R.S.F,I,S.

Inscribed, lower center: Ferruginous Thrush, | TURDUS RUFUS. Linn | Male, 1. Female, 2. | Black-jack Oak, Querous nigra. | Black Snake. Inscribed, lower right: Engraved, Printed, & Coloured, by R. Havell, London. Inscribed, in pencil, verso: BX16-6

(Weyhe Gallery, New York, New York, USA)

1946-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

John James Audubon; Robert Havell, Jr., Ferruginous Thrush, 1834, engraving, etching and aquatint printed in black ink, colored by hand on laid paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase with funds from Mr. and Mrs. Edgar B. Whitcomb, 46.128.