Louisiana Water Thrush
Artist
John James Audubon
(American, 1785 - 1851)
Engraver
Robert Havell, Jr.
(American, 1793 - 1878)
Date1827
Mediumetching and aquatint on paper
DimensionsDouble-Elephant Folio: 39 7/8 × 26 7/8 inches (101.3 × 68.3 cm)
Frame: 45 7/8 × 36 7/8 × 7/8 inches (116.5 × 93.7 × 2.2 cm)
Frame: 45 7/8 × 36 7/8 × 7/8 inches (116.5 × 93.7 × 2.2 cm)
Credit LinePurchase of the Nelda C. and H.J. Lutcher Stark Foundation, 1982
Object number91.100.18
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionuncoloredLabel TextThis print shows the design before coloring. The printmakers covered a metal plate with wax. In the etching process, they used a special tool to draw lines into the wax, exposing the metal. The printmakers also used the aquatint process. Instead of a tool to cut lines, for aquatint, the printmakers used a powdery substance that resulted in small dots. They dipped the plate in acid, which made linear grooves and incised dots where the metal was exposed. The ink pooled in the grooves and dots. The printmakers pressed paper against the plate with pressure. The black inked design resulted.
ProvenanceTaylor Clark, Baton Rouge, Louisiana; purchased February 3, 1982 by the Nelda C. and H.J. Lutcher Stark Foundation; accessioned to the Stark Museum of Art
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