Plate VI [6]: Great American Hen & Young. Vulgo, Female Wild Turkey. Meleagris gallopavo: PB 2-2021.1.6

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Plate VI [6]: Great American Hen & Young. Vulgo, Female Wild Turkey. Meleagris gallopavo

Maker(s)

Audubon, John James
Engraver: Lizars, William Home
Havell, Robert I

Categories

Print

Description

Issued in "No, II" of 87 parts.
Susanne Low identifies 4 variants for the plate legend. This seems to be the first variant lacking the snail in lower right corner but there is a credit for R. Havell , Senior that Low does not include in the first variant.
Current name: Wild Turkey, Meleagris gallopavo (Linnaeus)
Drawn from nature and published by John J. Audubon.
"Coloured by R. Havell, Senr."

Acquisition and important dates

by Havell, Robert I

Dating

1827 - 1830

References and bibliographic entries

A guide to Audubon's birds of America : a concordance containing current names of the birds, plate names with descriptions of plate variants, a description of the Bien edition, and corresponding indexes

Identification numbers

Accession number: PB 2-2021.1.6
Primary reference Number: 288616
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Audit data

Created: Tuesday 15 June 2021 Updated: Wednesday 24 January 2024

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Manuscripts and Printed Books

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