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Havell’s Tern, Trudeau’s Tern

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Havell’s Tern, Trudeau’s Tern

1833
19th century
386 x 642 mm (15.2 x 25.3 in.)

Robert Havell, Jr. (aka Robert Havell), American, (1793–1878)
After John James Audubon, American, (1785–1851)

Object Type: matrix

Medium and Support: Copper plate with engraving, etching, and aquatint

Marks: Inscribed in plate, lower right: “Engraved, Printed, and Coloured by Robt. Havell, 1833; inscribed in plate, lower left: “Drawn from Nature by J.J. Audubon, F.R.S./F.L.S.”; inscribed in plate, center left: “havell's Tern. l. Sterna Havelli Aud., Trudeau's Tern, 2. Sterna Trudeaui, Aud.”; inscribed in plate, upper left: “No. 82”; inscribed in plate, upper right: “PCCCIX”

Provenance / Collectors' Marks: Thomas R. Pickering, Portland, CT

Bibliography: On Audubon’s copper plates by Havell, see Fries, Double Elephant… (1973), pp. 390–398; Morgan in Print Quarterly, vol. 4 (December 1987), p. 376, n. 23,

Credit Line: Biology Department transfer, 1964

Accession Number: 1964.23.1a

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American Studies, animals*, birds, matrices

American Studies
animals - This section can use more hierarchical (quasi-Linnaean) refinement in future; extant terms were assembled into a fairly flat and slightly redundant structure to expedite conversion.
birds
matrices

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plate Dimensions: 386 x 642 mm (15.2 x 25.3 in.)

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Robert Havell, Jr. (aka Robert Havell), American, (1793–1878) John James Audubon, American, (1785–1851) . Havell’s Tern, Trudeau’s Tern, 1833. Copper plate with engraving, etching, and aquatint. plate : 386 x 642 mm (15.2 x 25.3 in.). DAC accession number 1964.23.1a. Biology Department transfer, 1964.

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