Florida Jay
Gift of Robert Allerton
Catalogue
- Year
- 1830
- Dimensions
- Image: 63 × 49.5 cm (24 13/16 × 19 1/2 in.); Plate: 65.7 × 53 cm (25 7/8 × 20 7/8 in.); Sheet: 96.6 × 64.7 cm (38 1/16 × 25 1/2 in.)
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Artist
- Robert Havell
Artist
The Havell family of Reading, Berkshire, England, included a number of notable engravers, etchers and painters, as well as writers, publishers, educators, and musicians. In particular, members of this family were among the foremost practitioners of aquatint; and had a long association with Indian art and culture. The family first came to notice through the brothers Luke Havell and Robert Havell the Elder ; along with their nephew Daniel Havell.
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Record
Verified by WattsOS- Artist
- Robert Havell
- Year
- 1830
- Dimensions
- Image: 63 × 49.5 cm (24 13/16 × 19 1/2 in.); Plate: 65.7 × 53 cm (25 7/8 × 20 7/8 in.); Sheet: 96.6 × 64.7 cm (38 1/16 × 25 1/2 in.)
- Watts ID
- WW-1830-330463
Source
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Source
- aic
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified