Frigate Pelican, from the book Birds of America

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Object Details

Artist

Robert Havell, Jr., born Reading, England 1793-died Tarrytown, NY 1878

Copy after

John James Audubon, born Les Cayes, Haiti 1785-died New York City 1851

Credit Line

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Robert Tyler Davis Memorial Fund

Date

1835

Object number

1980.91

Restrictions & Rights

CC0

Type

Graphic Arts-Print

Medium

hand-colored engraving and aquatint on paper

Dimensions

sheet: 38 x 25 3/8 in. (96.6 x 64.3 cm)

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Department

Graphic Arts

Data Source

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Topic

Animal\bird\pelican

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk7c052a350-41cb-4697-8bea-e7e880cf081c

Record ID

saam_1980.91