Collection Great-Footed Hawk

Great-Footed Hawk

John James Audubon, Artist Robert Havell and Son, Engraver Robert Havell and Son, Printer John James Audubon, Publisher
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About the Artwork

Great-Footed Hawk

1827

John James Audubon (Artist) American, 1785-1851 Robert Havell and Son (Engraver) English Robert Havell and Son (Printer) English John James Audubon (Publisher) American, 1785-1851

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

Image: 20 1/2 × 30 3/4 inches (52.1 × 78.1 cm) Sheet (trimmed inside platemark): 24 7/8 × 37 5/8 inches (63.2 × 95.6 cm) Framed: 33 × 45 3/4 × 1 1/2 inches (83.8 × 116.2 × 3.8 cm)

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Prints, Drawings & Photographs

Founders Society Purchase with funds from Ormond E. Hunt

46.129

This work is in the public domain.

Markings

Signed, lower left: Drawn from Nature and Published by John J. Audubon. F.R.S.E. M.W.S.

Inscribed, in pencil, verso: BX16-6 Inscribed, in plate, upper left: No. 4. Inscribed, upper right: PLATE 16. Inscribed, lower left: Great-Footed Hawk, [hyphen is in pencil, x in pencil above the t in Great and the F in Footed] Male 1. Female 2. | FALCO PEREGRINUS. [x in pencil above the P] Inscribed, lower right: Engraved, Printed & Coloured, by R. Havell & Son, Lond[on] [end of inscription is matted out]

Watermark: J WHATMAN TURKEY MILL

Provenance

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

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

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John James Audubon; Robert Havell and Son, Great-Footed Hawk, 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 Ormond E. Hunt, 46.129.

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