Great American Shrike
Gift of Robert Allerton
Catalogue
- Year
- 1834
- Dimensions
- Image: 61.6 × 45.8 cm (24 5/16 × 18 1/16 in.); Plate: 65.5 × 52.5 cm (25 13/16 × 20 11/16 in.); Sheet: 97.2 × 65.1 cm (38 5/16 × 25 11/16 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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Florida Jay
1830 · Hand-colored engraving, with aquatint, on ivory wove paper
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1829 · Hand-colored engraving, with aquatint, on cream wove paper
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1829 · Hand-colored engraving, with aquatint, on cream wove paper
Black Backed Gull
1826 · Hand-colored engraving with aquatint and etching on cream wove paper
Record
Verified by WattsOS- Artist
- Robert Havell
- Year
- 1834
- Dimensions
- Image: 61.6 × 45.8 cm (24 5/16 × 18 1/16 in.); Plate: 65.5 × 52.5 cm (25 13/16 × 20 11/16 in.); Sheet: 97.2 × 65.1 cm (38 5/16 × 25 11/16 in.)
- Watts ID
- WW-1834-330458
Source
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Source
- aic
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified