Night Heron or Quabird
Artist
John James Audubon
(American, 1785 - 1851)
Engraver
Robert Havell, Jr.
(American, 1793 - 1878)
Date1835
Mediumetching and aquatint on paper, hand-colored
DimensionsDouble Elephant: 25 5/8 × 38 9/16 inches (65.1 × 98 cm)
Frame: 33 1/8 × 43 1/4 × 1 3/4 inches (84.1 × 109.9 × 4.4 cm)
Frame: 33 1/8 × 43 1/4 × 1 3/4 inches (84.1 × 109.9 × 4.4 cm)
Credit LinePurchase of the Nelda C. and H.J. Lutcher Stark Foundation, 1970
Object number91.100.4
ClassificationsPrints
Label TextArtist John James Audubon changed the way we see nature. He had a grand vision. It came from his personal passion for studying birds. Audubon produced one of the world’s most beautiful and amazing publications. “The Birds of America” features 435 individual prints. The birds are life-size and lifelike. The artist used natural habitats in the imagery. Today we call this bird the Black-crowned Night Heron. The setting has Marsh Grass and Atamasca Lilies. Audubon painted this bird in Charleston, South Carolina, in 1832.
ProvenancePurchased May 8, 1970 through (Nada Kramar, Washinton, D.C.) by Nelda C. and H.J. Lutcher Stark Foundation; accessioned to the Stark Museum of Art
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