Printed on the plate
“Great American Hen & Young”
Modern identification
Meleagris gallopavo
- Certain
- Pheasants, Grouse, and Allies · Phasianidae
Why
Audubon's “Great American Hen & Young” is the Wild Turkey hen and young; the male is plate 1
Sources
audubon.org; Wikimedia Commons
Who made the plate
Drawn from Nature by John J. Audubon. F. R. S. E. F. L. S. M. W. S.Engraved by W. H. Lizars Edinr.Retouched by R. Havell Junr. London 1829.Coloured by R. Havell. Senr.
- John James Audubon drew
- William Home Lizars engraved
- Robert Havell Jr. retouched
- Robert Havell Sr. coloured
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