Brown Pelican (Primary Title)
The Birds of North America (Portfolio Title)

John James Audubon, American, born Haiti, 1785–1851 (Artist)

1835
American
Works On Paper
Prints
hand water colored engraving with etching and aquatint on rag paper; paper watermark J. Whatman, 1834
38 3/4" H x 25 7/16" W (sheet) (98.4 cm H x 64.6 cm W (sheet))
2000.109
Not on view
watermark: J. Whatman, 1834)
Inscribed: No. 51. Plate, CCL1. Brown Pelican. Pelecanus Fuscus. Male Adult. Drawn from Nature by J.J. Audubon, F, R.S. F, L.S. Engraved, Printed, & Coloured, by R. Havell, 1835.
Gift of Alma and Harry H. Coon
Image released via Creative Commons CC-BY-NC

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