Barnacle Goose
Barnacle Goose

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Princeton Collects

Barnacle Goose,

1836

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
2024-318

Information

Title
Barnacle Goose
Dates

1836

Maker
Robert Havell Jr.
after John James Audubon
Medium
Etching, aquatint, and engraving with watercolor
Dimensions
image: 61.5 × 90 cm (24 3/16 × 35 7/16 in.) sheet: 65 × 96.6 cm (25 9/16 × 38 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Daniel Shatz and family
Object Number
2024-318
Inscription
printed in plate, upper right: PLATE CCXCVI printed in plate, bottom left: Drawn from Nature by J.J. Audubon. F.R.S. F.L.S. printed in plate, bottom center: Barnacle Goose | Anser leucopsis, | 1. Male. 2. Female. printed in plate, lower right: Engraved, Printed & Coloured by R. Havell. 1836.
Culture
British, English, American
Type
engravings, prints, aquatint
Materials
watercolors, paper (fiber product)
Techniques
hand coloring, engraving (printing process), aquatint
Subject
birds, geese

Arader Galleries, New York, by 2023;
purchased by Daniel Shatz, October 2023;
gifted to Princeton University Art Museum, 2024.

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