A color print of two brown and black speckled birds with very long, thin beaks standing on rocks on a riverbank.

Long-billed Curlew, Numenius longirostris.

John James Audubon (1785-1851), George Lehman (1800?-1870)

Date

1834
Object Type

Prints
Medium

Engraving and aquatint with applied watercolor
Contributors

Engraved by Robert Havell Jr.
Dimensions

Image: 23 x 35 3/8 in.
Sheet: 26 7/16 x 39 3/4 in.
Inscriptions

Recto:
u.l.: No. 47.
u.r.: PLATE CCXXXI.
l.l.: Drawn from Nature by J. J. Audubon. F.R.S.F.L.S.
l.c.: Long-billed Curlew. NUMENIUS LONGIROSTRIS. 1, Male. 2, Female. City of Charleston.
l.r.: Engraved, Printed, & Coloured by R. Havell 1834.
Credit Line

Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas, Purchase in memory of Amon G. Carter, Jr., Trustee, Amon Carter Museum of American Art, 1961-1982
Accession Number

1982.51
Copyright

Public domain

Location: Off view

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