Collection Night Heron or Quabird

Night Heron or Quabird

John James Audubon, Artist Robert Havell, Jr., Engraver Robert Havell, Jr., Printer John James Audubon, Publisher

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About the Artwork

Night Heron or Quabird

1833

John James Audubon (Artist) American, 1785-1851 Robert Havell, Jr. (Engraver) American, 1793-1878 Robert Havell, Jr. (Printer) American, 1793-1878 John James Audubon (Publisher) American, 1785-1851

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

Image: 22 7/8 × 35 1/2 inches (58.1 × 90.2 cm) Sheet (trimmed inside platemark): 24 7/8 × 37 1/2 inches (63.2 × 95.3 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 Mr. and Mrs. Edgar B. Whitcomb

46.125

This work is in the public domain.

Markings

Inscribed, in plate, upper left: No. 48. Inscribed, upper right: PLATE CCXXXVI. Inscribed, in plate, lower left: Drawn from Nature, by J.J. Audubon, F.R.S. F.L.S. Inscribed, lower center: Night Heron or Quabird, | ARDEA NYCTICORAX, L. | Adult 1. Young 2. Inscribed, lower right: Engraved, Printed, & Coloured, by R. Havell, London, 1833. Inscribed, in pencil, lower right: F/200-

Watermark: J WHATMAN 1834

Provenance

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

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John James Audubon; Robert Havell, Jr., Night Heron or Quabird, 1833, 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, 46.125.

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