Fish Hawk or Osprey, between 1827 and 1838

  • 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 wove paper

  • Image: 36 5/8 × 22 1/4 inches (93 × 56.5 cm) Sheet (trimmed irreg. inside platemark): 37 1/2 × 24 7/8 inches (95.3 × 63.2 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

46.124

Watermark: J WHATMAN 1833

Inscribed, in plate, upper left: No. 17. Inscribed, upper right: PLATE LXXI Inscribed, lower left: Drawn from Nature and Published by John J. Audubon. F,R,S.F,L,S. Inscribed, lower center: Fish Hawk, or Osprey, FALCO HALIAETUS. Male, Weak Fish. Inscribed, lower right: Engraved, Printed and Coloured by R. Havell Inscribed, in pencil, lower right corner: a

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

John James Audubon; Robert Havell, Jr., Fish Hawk or Osprey, between 1827 and 1838, 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, 46.124.