Roseate Spoonbill
Artist
John James Audubon
(American, 1785 - 1851)
Lithographer
John T. Bowen
(American, 1801 - 1856)
Draftsman
William E. Hitchcock
, draftsman on stone (American, about 1823 or 1825 - 1880)
Datec. 1839
Mediumlithograph on white wove paper, hand-colored
DimensionsOctavo: 6 7/8 x 11 1/16 inches (17.5 x 28.1 cm)
Credit LineBequest of H.J. Lutcher Stark, 1965
Object number11.1.7.155
ClassificationsPrints
Label TextAudubon sought to record all species of American birds. He travelled to see the birds in their natural habitats. He greatly admired the roseate spoonbill. “The sight of a flock of fifteen or twenty of these full-dressed birds is extremely pleasing to the student of nature.” His drew the spoonbill for this print during his trip to Florida, but Audubon also observed roseate spoonbills when he visited Galveston, Texas, in 1837. This print is a pattern plate. It was one of the versions used by the printmaker as a working model for the colorists. They applied color to the black inked prints.
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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