Hyperborean Phalarope
Artist
John James Audubon
(American, 1785 - 1851)
Lithographer
John T. Bowen
(American, 1801 - 1856)
Colorist
Mary Tallon
(active mid-19th century)
Datec. 1839
Mediumlithograph on white wove paper, hand-colored
DimensionsOctavo: 10 × 6 7/8 inches (25.4 × 17.5 cm)
Credit LineBequest of H.J. Lutcher Stark, 1965
Object number11.1.7.141
ClassificationsPrints
Label TextThe front of this pattern plate has hand written instructions. They begin “Keep this plate like the copy . . . .” On the reverse of this pattern plate is a signature, presumably by the colorist: Mary Tallon. Several pattern plates, including one for The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America, have Tallon’s name. The only biographical information on Tallon is an address, 1132 S. 11th Street, Philadelphia.
ProvenancePurchased September 11, 1957 through (Nada Kramar, Washington, D.C.) by H.J. Lutcher Stark [1887-1965]; bequeathed September 2, 1965 to the Nelda C. and H.J. Lutcher Stark Foundation; accessioned to the Stark Museum of Art
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