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Red Knot (Calidris canutus), Havell plate no. 315
Artist/Maker (1785 – 1851)

Red Knot (Calidris canutus), Havell plate no. 315

ca. 1821
Place madeLouisiana, United States, North America
Watercolor, graphite, collage, pastel, black chalk, and black ink with touches of glazing on paper, laid on card
Mat: 23 x 29 in. (58.4 x 73.7 cm)
Sheet (paper): 12 in. × 18 13/16 in. (30.5 × 47.8 cm)
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
1863.17.315
The Havell engraving eliminated sailing ship and calmed the seas; bird #2 pasted on.
DescriptionMale, summer plumage, left; female, winter plumage, right.
InscribedInscribed at upper left in graphite: "Red breasted Sandpiper. 1 Male Spring plumage / 2. Female in Winter. / Tringa islandica, L."; below, diagonally: "4th Volume"; at middle left: "1 Spring plumage / 2 Winter plumage --"; birds numbered left to right respectively: "1"; "2"; to right of upper bird's head: "X" [instruction to engraver for reorientation of upper bird on copper plate]
ClassificationsDRAWINGS
Collections
  • Audubon's Watercolors for The Birds of America