Purple Grakle or Common Crow Blackbird, Quiscalus Versicolor, Vieill. (Plate VII) / The birds of America; from original drawings by John James Audubon

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Item ID: B464540
Image ID: audubon_v1_1_p7
Image Title: Purple Grakle or Common Crow Blackbird, Quiscalus Versicolor, Vieill. (Plate VII)
Work Title: The birds of America; from original drawings by John James Audubon
Comments: Engraved title page. Imprint dates: v. 1, 1827-30; v. 2, 1831-34; v. 3, 1834-35; v. 4, 1835-38, June 20. Originally issued in 87 parts. "The plates were published without any text, to avoid the necessity of furnishing copies gratis to the public libraries in England, agreeably to the law of copyright."--Sabin, A dictionary of books relating to America, v. 1, p. 315.
Creator: Audubon, John James, 1785-1851, (illustrator, publisher); Havell, Robert, 1793-1878, (illustrator, printer of plates.); Lizars, W. H. (William Home), 1788-1859, (illustrator.)
Date: 1827-1830
Item Dimensions: 100 x 68 cm.
Medium: Intaglio printing, hand-colored
Repository: University of Michigan Library (Special Collections Library)
Source Collection: SPEC RARE
Subject: Birds
Type: Book

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Image Digitization Date: 2013-03-06
Image Source: Dimension: 5315 x 6747
Image Source: File Size: 121 MB
Image Source: File Type: TIFF
Image Source: Resolution: 600dpi
Purpose: Exhibit

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Collection: John James Audubon's Birds of America and Viviparous Quadrupeds
Image Size: 5315 x 6747
File Size: 3 MB
Record: B464540
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/s/sclaudubon/x-b464540/audubon_v1_1_p7

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Full citation: "Purple Grakle or Common Crow Blackbird, Quiscalus Versicolor, Vieill. (Plate VII); The birds of America; from original drawings by John James Audubon." In the digital collection John James Audubon's Birds of America and Viviparous Quadrupeds. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/s/sclaudubon/x-b464540/audubon_v1_1_p7. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 07, 2025.