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Historical bird plates

Robert Havell & Son

Engraved 16 plates, printed 16 and coloured 16

Engravers, printers and colourists, London; the firm of Robert Havell Sr. and Jr.

Named on 16 plates of The Birds of America.

Counted from the credit lines as engraved: a line naming two people credits both with every role it gives.

Who made the plates of The Birds of America

Audubon, The Birds of America 16 plates

Plate 17 of Audubon's The Birds of America: Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura)

Plate 22 of Audubon's The Birds of America: Purple Martin (Progne subis)

Plate 24 of Audubon's The Birds of America: Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas)

Plate 25 of Audubon's The Birds of America: Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia)

Plate 26 of Audubon's The Birds of America: Carolina Parakeet (Conuropsis carolinensis)

Plate 27 of Audubon's The Birds of America: Red-headed Woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus)

Plate 28 of Audubon's The Birds of America: Blue-headed Vireo (Vireo solitarius)

Plate 29 of Audubon's The Birds of America: Eastern Towhee (Pipilo erythrophthalmus)

Plate 30 of Audubon's The Birds of America: Pine Warbler (Setophaga pinus)

Plate 32 of Audubon's The Birds of America: Black-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus erythropthalmus)

Plate 33 of Audubon's The Birds of America: American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis)

Plate 34 of Audubon's The Birds of America: Worm-eating Warbler (Helmitheros vermivorum)

Plate 35 of Audubon's The Birds of America: Northern Yellow Warbler (Setophaga aestiva)

Plate 36 of Audubon's The Birds of America: Cooper's Hawk (Astur cooperii)

Plate 38 of Audubon's The Birds of America: Kentucky Warbler (Geothlypis formosa)

Plate 39 of Audubon's The Birds of America: Tufted Titmouse (Baeolophus bicolor)