Roseate Spoonbill, 1836

Not on View

series Title

The Birds of America: Plate CCCXXI

Medium

hand-colored engraving and aquatint on Whatman wove paper

Dimensions

plate: 64.5 x 97.2 cm (25 3/8 x 38 1/4 in.)

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

Credit Line

Accession Number

1945.8.321

Artists / Makers

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

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

Image Use

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