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Fish Hawk, Male,
1830
Robert Havell Jr., 1793–1878; born Reading, England; died Tarrytown, NY
after John James Audubon, 1785–1851; born Les Cayes, Haiti; died New York, NY
after John James Audubon, 1785–1851; born Les Cayes, Haiti; died New York, NY
x1977-17
Published in five monumental volumes between 1827 and 1839—twenty years before Charles Darwin’s On the Origin of Species—Audubon’s The Birds of America remains among the most significant publications on natural history. The entire work contains 435 life-sized, hand-colored aquatints of 1,065 birds from North America, each depicted in its native habitat. Birds of America reflected the growing understanding among naturalists in defining species not only as anatomical specimens but also through careful observation of their behavior.
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Title
Fish Hawk, Male
Dates
1830
Maker
Medium
Etching, aquatint, and engraving, with watercolor additions
Dimensions
96 × 94 cm (37 13/16 × 37 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Carl Otto von Kienbusch, Class of 1906, for the Carl Otto von Kienbusch Memorial Collection
Object Number
x1977-17
Place Made
North America, United States
Inscription
Printed, bottom left.: Drawn from Nature and Published by John J Audubon F.R.S. F.L.S. [Rc.?]
Caption printed, bottom center: Fish Hawk, Male / FALCO HALLETUS. / Vulgo Weak Fish Printed, bottom right: Engraved, Published & Coloured by R. Havell Junr 1830.
In plate, top left and right: No. 17 / PLATE 81
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