Artist/Maker
John James Audubon
(1785 – 1851)
Other Artist
John Woodhouse Audubon
(1812 - 1862)
American Bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus), Havell plate no. 337
1832-1833
Watercolor, graphite, pastel, and black ink with touches of gouache, scratching out, and selective glazing on paper, laid on card
Mat: 31 x 41 in. (78.7 x 104.1 cm)
Sheet (paper): 21 9/16 × 29 1/4 in. (54.8 × 74.3 cm)
Sheet (paper): 21 9/16 × 29 1/4 in. (54.8 × 74.3 cm)
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
1863.17.337
Audubon credits this picture to his son, John Woodhouse.
DescriptionAdultsMarkingsWatremark: JWHATMAN / 1830[?] [reversed]
InscribedInscribed at upper left in graphite[cut]: "No 68 --- Plate 337 --- / American Bittern."; at upper left of center: "Male 1. Female 2"; birds numbered back and front respectively: "1"; "2"; at upper right[erased]: "... L... / at / a..."
ClassificationsDRAWINGS
Collections
- Audubon's Watercolors for The Birds of America
John James Audubon
ca. 1821-1825
1863.17.27
John James Audubon
1832
1863.17.177
John James Audubon
1836-37
1863.17.382
John James Audubon
1831
1863.17.336
John James Audubon
ca. 1832
1863.17.307
