A color print of a black bird diving in flight with details of the feet depicted separately.

Frigate Pelican, Tachypetes aquilus. Viel.

John James Audubon (1785-1851)

Date

1835
Object Type

Prints
Medium

Engraving and aquatint with applied watercolor
Contributors

Engraved by Robert Havell Jr.

Printed by Robert Havell Jr.

Hand colored by Robert Havell Jr.
Dimensions

39 1/2 x 26 5/8 in.
Inscriptions

Recto:
u.l.: No. 55
u.r.: PLATE CCLXXI
l.l.: Drawn from Nature by J.J. Audubon, F R S F L S
l.c.: Frigate Pelican \ TACHYPETES AQUILUS. Viel. \ Male Adult
l.r.: Engraved Printed & Coloured by R. Havell 1835
Credit Line

Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas, Purchase in memory of Amon G. Carter, Jr., Trustee, Amon Carter Museum of American Art, 1961-1982
Accession Number

1982.52
Copyright

Public domain

Location: Off view

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