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Brown Pelican, 1835

Not on View

series Title

The Birds of America: Plate CCLI

Medium

hand-colored engraving and aquatint on Whatman wove paper

Dimensions

sheet: 100.3 x 67.3 cm (39 1/2 x 26 1/2 in.)

Credit Line

Accession Number

1945.8.251

Artists / Makers

Robert Havell, Jr. (artist) American, born England, 1793 - 1878

John James Audubon (artist after) American, 1785 - 1851

Image Use

1996: Hulme, Joy N. and Donna W. Guthrie. How to Write, Recite, and Delight in All Kinds of Poetry. Millbrook Press, CT, 1996: 48 (repr).

National Gallery of Art