Plate 74: Indigo Bird, Male Adult I. M. First Year 2. 2nd 3. F. 4. Fringilla Cyanea. Plant Schisandra Coccina. Vulgo Sarsaparilla.: PB 2-2021.1.74

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Plate 74: Indigo Bird, Male Adult I. M. First Year 2. 2nd 3. F. 4. Fringilla Cyanea. Plant Schisandra Coccina. Vulgo Sarsaparilla.

Maker(s)

Audubon, John James
Engraver: Havell, Robert II
Printer: Havell, Robert I

Categories

Print

Description

Issued in "No, 15" of 87 parts.
Susanne Low identifies 2 variants for the plate legend. This is no. 1.
Current name: Indigo Bunting, Passerina cyanea (Linnaeus).
Drawn from nature and published by John J. Audubon.
"Engraved by R. Havell, Junr. Printed & Coloured by R. Havell, Senr. London__1829"

Acquisition and important dates

by Havell, Robert I

Dating

Production date: AD 1829

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 2-2021.1.74
Primary reference Number: 295443
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Thursday 1 July 2021 Updated: Wednesday 24 January 2024

Associated departments & institutions

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

Cite this record

Citation for print

This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:


            The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Plate 74: Indigo Bird, Male Adult I. M. First Year 2. 2nd 3. F. 4. Fringilla Cyanea. Plant Schisandra Coccina. Vulgo Sarsaparilla." Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/295443 Accessed: 2024-04-23 12:50:41

Citation for Wikipedia

To cite this record on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:


            {{cite web|url=https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/295443
            |title=Plate 74: Indigo Bird, Male Adult I. M. First Year 2. 2nd 3. F. 4. Fringilla Cyanea. Plant Schisandra Coccina. Vulgo Sarsaparilla.
            |author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-04-23 12:50:41|publisher=The
            University of Cambridge}}

API call for this record

To call these data via our API (remember this needs to be authenticated) you can use this code snippet:

https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/api/v1/objects/object-295443

Machine readable data

JSON Linked Art XML TXT QR code

More objects and works of art you might like

An image of Plate

Silver resist lustre plate

Accession Number: C.1064-1928

An image of Plate

Plate

Accession Number: C.58-1961

An image of Tobacco jar

Wally Bird

Accession Number: C.1226 & A-1928

An image of Tankard

Tankard

Accession Number: MAR.M.88-1912

Suggested products from Curating Cambridge

Featured image for the project: Henslow's Tayloria - A5 journal

Henslow's Tayloria - A5 journal

£10.00

Featured image for the project: Henslow's Adiantum amoenum - A2 poster

Henslow's Adiantum amoenum - A2 poster

£9.99

Featured image for the project: Henslow's Tayloria - Tote bag

Henslow's Tayloria - Tote bag

£15.00

Featured image for the project: Henslow's Fontinalis - A2 poster

Henslow's Fontinalis - A2 poster

£9.99

You might be interested in this...

Featured image for the project: Community programming

Community programming

Featured image for the project: Impact and Engagement Associate: Adult programme

Impact and Engagement Associate: Adult programme

Featured image for the project: Practical Evaluation

Practical Evaluation

Featured image for the project: Corporate support

Corporate support

Sign up for updates

Updates about future exhibitions and displays, family activities, virtual events & news. You'll be the first to know...