Mallard Duck
John James Audubon, American (born Haiti), 1785 - 1851
1937
Hand colored copperplate etching on heavy wove paper
Posthumous
Sight: 11 1/2 in. (29.2 cm)
Sight: 17 in. (43.2 cm)
Impression: 12 3/8 × 17 3/16 in. (31.4 × 43.7 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of John Chase Redington, Class of 1900
PR.938.25.5
Publisher
The History Institute of America, New York, New York
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Research Area
Not on view
Inscriptions
Printed, upper left: No. 45; upper center: THE HISTORY INSTITUTE EDITION OF AUDUBON PRINTS; upper right: PLATE CCXXI; lower left: DRAWN FROM NATURE BY JOHN J. AUDUBON, F.R.S., F.L.S./ Published & Copyrighted 1937 by/The History Institute of America Inc./New York City; center: Mallard Duck ANAS BOSCHAS 1 Males 2 Females/REGISTERED SERIAL NO. D.97.; lower right: Handcolored copperplate etching reproduced by special permission of/The American Museum of Natural History, New York City.
Provenance
John Chase Redington (Class of 1900, 1878-1946), Wilton, Connecticut; given to the Dartmouth Outing Club, 1938; catalogued by the present collection.
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