The Great White Heron
Robert Havell, American (born England), 1793 - 1878
John James Audubon, American (born Haiti), 1785 - 1851
1835
Color etching on paper
57
Sight: 24 1/2 in. (62.2 cm)
Sight: 37 1/2 in. (95.3 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the Julia L. Whittier Fund
PR.951.17
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
19th century
Object Name
Research Area
Not on view
Exhibition History
Hail, Holy Land: the Idea of America, Strauss and Barrows Galleries, Hopkins Center Art Galleries, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, June 27-September 7, 1980.
Publication History
Robert L. McGrath, Hail, Holy Land: the Idea of America, 1980.
Provenance
Goodspeed's Book Shop, Boston, Massachusetts; sold to present collection, 1951.
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