Printed on the plate
“Gannet”
Adult Male 1. Young first Winter 2. | Gannet Rock, Gulph of St. Lawrence.
Modern identification
Morus bassanus
- Certain
- Boobies and Gannets · Sulidae
Why
Audubon's “Gannet” is today's Northern Gannet
Sources
Featherframe havell.yaml; plate title from audubon.org
Who made the plate
Drawn from Nature by J. J. Audubon. F. R. S. F. L. S.Engraved. Printed and Coloured. by R. Havell. 1836.
- John James Audubon drew
- Robert Havell Jr. engraved, printed and coloured
As the credit line gives it. More on who made these plates.
