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Robert Havell after John James Audubon

Robert Havell, Jr.: American, born England, 1793 - 1878

John James Audubon: American, 1785 - 1851

American White Pelican
The Birds of America: Plate CCCXI (series)
1836: hand-colored engraving and aquatint on Whatman wove paper; image: 89.54 × 60.01 cm (35 1/4 × 23 5/8 in.)
plate: 97 x 64.8 cm (38 3/16 x 25 1/2 in.); sheet: 100.4 x 67.6 cm (39 1/2 x 26 5/8 in.); Birds of America, no. 311; Gift of Mrs. Walter B. James; 1945.8.311; Not on View

Exhibition History

2005: Audubon's Dream Realized: Selections from "The Birds of America". The National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2005.

2016: Three Centuries of American Prints: from the National Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington; National Gallery in Prague, Prague 1; Antiguo Colegio de San Ildefonso, Mexico City; Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, 2016 - 2017, no. 20.

Bibliography

1827: Audubon, John James. The Birds of America. London: 1827-1838.

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