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American White Pelican, 1836

Not on View

series Title

The Birds of America: Plate CCCXI

Medium

hand-colored engraving and aquatint on Whatman wove paper

Dimensions

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.)

Credit Line

Accession Number

1945.8.311

Artists / Makers

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

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

Image Use

Custom Prints

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.

American White Pelican, 1836