Red Throated Diver, Plate 478 from the royal octavo edition of The Birds of America
Item
Title
Red Throated Diver,
Plate 478 from the royal octavo edition of The Birds of America
Plate 478 from the royal octavo edition of The Birds of America
Creator
William E. Hitchcock
American, c. 1820–1906
After John James Audubon
American, b. Haiti, 1785–185
Printed by John T. Bowen
American, b. England, c. 1801–1856
American, c. 1820–1906
After John James Audubon
American, b. Haiti, 1785–185
Printed by John T. Bowen
American, b. England, c. 1801–1856
Date
1840–44
Materials
Lithograph with hand coloring
Measurements
6-5/8 x 10-1/4 in. (16.8 x 26.1 cm)
Description
Object inscriptions: top left corner: No. 96.; top right corner: Pl. 478.; bottom center: W.E.H. / Red-throated Diver. / 1, Male Summer Plumage. 2, do. Winter, 3, Female. 4, Young.; bottom left corner: Drawn from Nature by J.J. Audubon, F.R.S.F.L.S.; bottom right corner: Lith. Printed & Col.d by J.T. Bowen, Philad.a
Source
Palmer Museum of Art, The Pennsylvania State University, Gift of Joyce Gordon and Paul Lubetkin
Identifier
2013.61
Rights
This image is posted publicly for non-profit educational uses, excluding printed publication. Other uses are not permitted.