Artwork Image
Photo:
Controls
Hooping [sic] Crane. Grus americana. Adult Male.
Object Details
-
Date
1834
-
Object Type
Prints
-
Medium
Aquatint and engraving with applied watercolor
-
Contributors
Engraved by Robert Havell Jr.
Printed by Robert Havell Jr.
Hand colored by Robert Havell Jr.
-
Dimensions
Image: 38 1/8 x 25 7/16 in.
Sheet: 38 1/8 x 25 7/16 in. -
Inscriptions
Recto:
u.l.: No. 46
u.r.: PLATE CCXXVI.
l.l.: Drawn from Nature by J. J. Audubon F.R.S F.L.S.
l.c.: Hooping [sic] Crane GRUS AMERICANA. Adult Male.
l.r.: Engraved Printed & Coloured by R. Havell 1834.
-
Credit Line
Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas
-
Accession Number
1965.163
-
Copyright
Public domain
Object Description
After a series of failures as a merchant in Kentucky, Audubon embarked on his most ambitious project to date: The Birds of America (1827–38), a lavish, large-scale folio of color prints of birds native to North America, all rendered life-size and accompanied by descriptive essays. Traveling across the present-day United States, he hunted and killed thousands of birds, posing their bodies for watercolor paintings that communicated key aspects of their appearance and behavior. These watercolors subsequently became the basis of 435 hand-colored engravings, which Audubon marketed to wealthy subscribers in America and Europe.
The Carter’s collection includes 22 engravings from Birds of America, as well as bound volumes of a smaller octavo edition and a complete set of prints from Audubon’s subsequent project, The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America (1845–48).
—Text taken from the Carter Handbook (2023).
-
Caught on PaperSeptember 23, 2017–February 11, 2018
Inspired by the coinciding exhibition Wild Spaces, Open Seasons, this exhibition of works on paper from the Carter’s collection explores the popular outdoor subjects that have permeated American culture and captivated American artists for centuries.
-
The Perilous Texas Adventures of Mark DionFebruary 8–July 5, 2020
Part explorer, part historian, and part naturalist, artist Mark Dion retraces the footsteps of several 19th-century Texas explorers, collecting materials to form an exhibition that enhances our understanding of the past and brings it to life in the present day.
-
Drawn to NatureMay 25–September 29, 2024
Organized by the Carter, Drawn to Nature highlights depictions of nature from the Carter’s works on paper holdings from the 18th through the 21st centuries.
Additional details
Location: Off view
See more by John James Audubon
Tags
-
Grades 2–4
Beasts, Birds, and Bugs: The Art of Scientific Observation (Interactive)
Investigate the ways artists have used scientific observation to represent the world around them. Students will practice their scientific skills while closely studying the creatures and habitats depicted in artworks.
Learn more and register by visiting Connect2Texas and filter for “Amon Carter Museum of American Art.” If you have questions, contact us by email or call 817.989.5011.
Share Educator Resources
Amon Carter Disclaimer
This information is published from the Carter's collection database. Updates and additions based on research and imaging activities are ongoing. The images, titles, and inscriptions are products of their time and are presented here as documentation, not as a reflection of the Carter’s values. If you have corrections or additional information about this object please email us to help us improve our records.
Every effort has been made to accurately determine the rights status of works and their images. Please email us if you have further information on the rights status of a work contrary or in addition to the information in our records.
Related Works
-
Great American Cock Male-VULGO (WILD TURKEY-) Meleagris Gallopavo, 1826
John James Audubon
Engraving with applied watercolor
1965.24 -
Martha Graham - Letter to the World (Swirl), 1940
Barbara Morgan
Gelatin silver print
P1974.21.17 -
Maternal Caress, 1890-1891
Mary S. Cassatt
Drypoint, aquatint, and soft ground etching
1978.22 -
Bridge Over the Delaware, Easton, PA, 1879
Mary Nimmo Moran
Etching
1987.84 -
Breakfast Table, 1942
Will Barnet
Etching and aquatint
2011.2 -
Weeping Beech, Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Brooklyn, 2011
Mitch Epstein
Gelatin silver print
P2012.13 -
Grain Elevator IV, 1926
Werner Drewes
Drypoint
1986.33 -
Untitled, 1970
Luchita Hurtado
Lithograph
1970.86 -
Untitled (Pittsburgh Housing), 1930s
Manuel de Aumente
Gelatin silver print
P2009.11