Robert Havell, Jr.

American, born England, 1793 - 1878

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principal engraver of Audubon's Birds of America (1793-1878)

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Robert Havell, Jr., University of Southern Indiana, Audubon State Park Museum, Tell-tale Godwit or Snipe, 2002, engraving and aquatint in black on wove paper (restrike), Gift of Bill and Peg Steiner, 2016.12.1

Tell-tale Godwit or Snipe

Robert Havell, Jr., University of Southern Indiana, Audubon State Park Museum · 2002 · engraving and aquatint in black on wove paper (restrike) ·  Accession ID  2016.12.1

A dark pink flamingo stands on a shallow outcropping, craning its neck down toward a pool of pale blue water in this vertical print. Shown in profile facing our left, the bird has a curving tan, orange, and black bill, and the eye we can see is bright blue. One charcoal-gray feather tucks under its wing, but the rest of the feathers and its legs are deep rose pink. One webbed foot steps forward, toward the edge of the low, rocky outcropping at the water’s edge. Muted green growth covers the ground, and the exposed edge of the rock is brown. Pale blue water extends back to the horizon, which comes about a third of the way up the composition. Eight pale pink and white flamingos, small in scale in the distance, walk or stand near sandbars in the placid waterway. The sky has a narrow band of light blue along the horizon, and the rest of the background is white. Across the top of the page, nine anatomical drawings, seeming to be lightly sketched, float against the white background. They are details of the bird’s beak, tongue, and foot. Each is numbered from one to nine. In the upper left corner of the paper, text reads, “No. 87.” and in the upper right, “Plate CCCCXXXI.” An inscription in the center margin below the printed image reads, “America Flamingo, PHOENICOPTERUS RUBERT, Linn. Old Male.” To the left is a numbered key: “1. Profile view of Bill at its greatest extension. 2. Superior front view of upper Mandible 3. Interior front view of upper Mandible. 4. Interior front view of lower Mandible. 5. Interior front view of lower Mandible with the Tongue in.” It continues to the right: “6. Profile view of Tongue. 7. Superior front view of Tongue. 8. Inferior front view of Tongue. 9. Perpendicular front view of the foot fully expanded.” Smaller text under the lower left corner of the printed image reads, “Drawn from Nature by J. J. Audubon, F.R.S. F.L.S.” And to the right: “Engraved. Printed and Coloured by Rob. Havell. 1838.”
Robert Havell, Jr., American Flamingo, 1838, hand-colored engraving and aquatint on Whatman wove paper, Gift of Mrs. Walter B. James, 1945.8.431

American Flamingo

Robert Havell, Jr. · 1838 · hand-colored engraving and aquatint on Whatman wove paper ·  Accession ID  1945.8.431

Robert Havell, Jr., Lazuli Finch, 1838, hand-colored engraving and aquatint on Whatman wove paper, Gift of Mrs. Walter B. James, 1945.8.424

Lazuli Finch

Robert Havell, Jr. · 1838 · hand-colored engraving and aquatint on Whatman wove paper ·  Accession ID  1945.8.424

Robert Havell, Jr., Eared Grebe, 1838, hand-colored engraving and aquatint on Whatman wove paper, Gift of Mrs. Walter B. James, 1945.8.404

Eared Grebe

Robert Havell, Jr. · 1838 · hand-colored engraving and aquatint on Whatman wove paper ·  Accession ID  1945.8.404

Robert Havell, Jr., Californian Partridge, 1838, hand-colored engraving and aquatint on Whatman wove paper, Gift of Mrs. Walter B. James, 1945.8.413

Californian Partridge

Robert Havell, Jr. · 1838 · hand-colored engraving and aquatint on Whatman wove paper ·  Accession ID  1945.8.413

Robert Havell, Jr., Columbian Water Ouzel and Arctic Water Ouzel, 1838, hand-colored engraving and aquatint on Whatman wove paper, Gift of Mrs. Walter B. James, 1945.8.435

Columbian Water Ouzel and Arctic Water Ouzel

Robert Havell, Jr. · 1838 · hand-colored engraving and aquatint on Whatman wove paper ·  Accession ID  1945.8.435

Robert Havell, Jr., White-Legged Oyster-Catcher and Slender-Billed Oyster-Catcher, 1838, hand-colored engraving and aquatint on Whatman wove paper, Gift of Mrs. Walter B. James, 1945.8.427

White-Legged Oyster-Catcher and Slender-Billed Oyster-Catcher

Robert Havell, Jr. · 1838 · hand-colored engraving and aquatint on Whatman wove paper ·  Accession ID  1945.8.427

Robert Havell, Jr., Havell's Tern and Trudeau's Tern, 1838, hand-colored engraving and aquatint on Whatman wove paper, Gift of Mrs. Walter B. James, 1945.8.409

Havell's Tern and Trudeau's Tern

Robert Havell, Jr. · 1838 · hand-colored engraving and aquatint on Whatman wove paper ·  Accession ID  1945.8.409

Robert Havell, Jr., Brown Pelican, 1838, hand-colored engraving and aquatint on Whatman wove paper, Gift of Mrs. Walter B. James, 1945.8.421

Brown Pelican

Robert Havell, Jr. · 1838 · hand-colored engraving and aquatint on Whatman wove paper ·  Accession ID  1945.8.421

Robert Havell, Jr., Maria's Woodpecker, 1838, hand-colored engraving and aquatint on Whatman wove paper, Gift of Mrs. Walter B. James, 1945.8.417

Maria's Woodpecker

Robert Havell, Jr. · 1838 · hand-colored engraving and aquatint on Whatman wove paper ·  Accession ID  1945.8.417