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Cooper's Hawk (Accipter cooperii), Havell plate no. 36
Title
Cooper's Hawk (Accipter cooperii), Havell plate no. 36
Date
1824; c. 1824-26
Medium
Watercolor, pastel, graphite, and black ink with touches of gouache, scratching out, and selective glazing on two sheets of paper, laid on card
Dimensions
Paper: 38 5/8 x 18 5/8 in. (98.1 x 47.3 cm)
Mat: 53 x 39 in. (134.6 x 99.1 cm)
Description
Second year male and adult female. Audubon originally called this bird the Stanley Hawk after Lord Stanley (Edward Smith Stanley, 13th Earl of Derby, 1775-c.1852). The bird was named after William Cooper (1798
Credit Line
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number
1863.17.36
Marks
Watermarks: JWHATMAN
Inscriptions
Birds numbered lower and upper respectively in brown ink: "1"; "2"
Gallery Label
bottom bird painted in Philidelphia in 1824; top bird painted at Bayou Sara, Louisiana ca. 1824-1826.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
