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Birds of North and South America, New Zealand, Africa : from the collection of Daniel and Robert Havell
Title
Birds of North and South America, New Zealand, Africa : from the collection of Daniel and Robert Havell.
Published
ca. 1762-1900.
Physical Description
1 album (25 paintings) : oil ; 50.9 x 43 cm.
Notes
Bound in a thick atlas folio volume, full red French levant, lettered in gilt on both front covers and the back, by Sangorski & Sutcliffe.
Provenance
Gift of William Robertson Coe, 1952.
Biographical / Historical Note
Daniel Havell was in the engraving and publishing business. His son Robert (1777-1832) was associated with him for some time, but established the Zoological Gallery himself. He and his son Robert (1793-1878) formed a partnership: Messrs. Robert Havell & Son, which undertook the engraving of Audubon's plates for The Birds of America. Robert Havell, Jr. emigrated to America in 1839.
Summary
Bound volume containing a collection of twenty-five oil paintings by unidentified artist(s) executed on heavy paper, and matted so that the back of each painting is visible. There is a hand-lettered title page, index, and a leaf of description pertaining to the paintings. Each painting is preceded by a leaf listing the common name of the bird, its Latin name, and a short account of its habitat. Sheets on which these paintings were executed come from various sources: the verso of several show they were taken from account ledgers, one dated "1762," and another dated "Dec. 5, 1780." Three of the sheets have ornithological descriptions, though not for the bird depicted on the recto, and on the verso of the painting of the Hobby is a pencil sketch of an eagle.
Birds depicted are: Bald Eagle, Golden Eagle, Greenland Falcon, two White-Tailed Eagle or Grey Sea-Eagles, Harlequin-Duck, Arctic Skua, Yellow-Nosed Albatross, Horned Screamer, Boat-Bill, Yellow-Throated Caracara, Bolivian Chestnut Cuckoo, Green-Headed Tanager, Swainson's Doubtful Toucan, Green Aracari, Ground Parrot, Secretary Bird, New Zealand Kingfisher, White-Bellied Sea-Eagle, Black Woodpecker, Crested Guinea-Fowl, Kite, Buzzard, Kestrel, and Hobby.
Format
Images
Language
English
Added to Catalog
June 01, 2002
References
Birds of North and South America, New Zealand, Africa. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Cite as
Birds of North and South America, New Zealand, Africa. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Subjects
Subjects (Local Yale)
Genre/Form
Oil paintings (visual works)
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