About the Artwork
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
1827
John James Audubon (Artist) American, 1785-1851 William H. Lizars (Engraver) 1788-1859 John James Audubon (Publisher) American, 1785-1851
Engraving and etching in black, colored by hand on wove paper
Plate: 21 1/4 × 26 5/8 inches (54 × 67.6 cm) Sheet: 24 7/8 × 37 7/8 inches (63.2 × 96.2 cm) Framed: 33 × 41 × 1 1/2 inches (83.8 × 104.1 × 3.8 cm)
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Gift of Ormond E. Hunt
46.5
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Markings
Inscribed, in pencil, upper left: 227 ux Inscribed, in plate, upper left: Yellow billed Cuckoo. | Coccyzus Carolinensis. | Plant Popaw Porceliatriloba. Inscribed, upper center: PLATE II. Inscribed, lower left: Drawn by J.J. Audubon M.W.S. Inscribed, lower right: Engraved by W.H. Lizars Edinr.
Marked, watermark: JWHATMAN | TURKEY MILL
Provenance
Ormond E. Hunt
1946-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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American Birds and Their Painters and Sculptors. Exh. cat., DIA. Detroit, October 20-November 20, 1945.
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John James Audubon; William H. Lizars, Yellow-billed Cuckoo, 1827, engraving and etching in black, colored by hand on wove paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Ormond E. Hunt, 46.5.
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