Fenimore Art Museum
5798 State Highway 80
Po Box 800
Cooperstown, NY 13326
Po Box 800
Cooperstown, NY 13326
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1793 Reading, England - 1878 Tarrytown, New York. Known for: Engraving, topographic landscape, wildlife.
Born in Reading, England, Robert Havell was the son of an engraver, and was expected to follow that profession. Fulfilling his destiny, he is remembered for his aquatint engraving of all but the... Read full biography
Born in Reading, England, Robert Havell was the son of an engraver, and was expected to follow that profession. Fulfilling his destiny, he is remembered for his aquatint engraving of all but the first 10 plates of John James Audubon's Birds of America. He first visited Audubon in 1839 in New York... Read full biography
Born in Reading, England, Robert Havell was the son of an engraver, and was expected to follow that profession. Fulfilling his destiny, he is remembered for his aquatint engraving of all but the first 10 plates of John James Audubon's Birds of America. He first visited Audubon in 1839 in New York City and traveled and sketched the countryside in a homemade horse-drawn trailer, and together they had skills that were well met. He also did artwork in oil and watercolor in Hudson River style with... Read full biography
Born in Reading, England, Robert Havell was the son of an engraver, and was expected to follow that profession. Fulfilling his destiny, he is remembered for his aquatint engraving of all but the first 10 plates of John James Audubon's Birds of America. He first visited Audubon in 1839 in New York City and traveled and sketched the countryside in a homemade horse-drawn trailer, and together they had skills that were well met. He also did artwork in oil and watercolor in Hudson River style with Luminism. However, he preferred to think of himself as an engraver. Until 1841, he lived in Brooklyn and in 1842 his travel-weary wife established a house for the family in Ossining (Sing Sing) on the Hudson River, and he later, 1857, moved to... Read full biography
Born in Reading, England, Robert Havell was the son of an engraver, and was expected to follow that profession. Fulfilling his destiny, he is remembered for his aquatint engraving of all but the first 10 plates of John James Audubon's Birds of America. He first visited Audubon in 1839 in New York City and traveled and sketched the countryside in a homemade horse-drawn trailer, and together they had skills that were well met. He also did artwork in oil and watercolor in Hudson River style with Luminism. However, he preferred to think of himself as an engraver. Until 1841, he lived in Brooklyn and in 1842 his travel-weary wife established a house for the family in Ossining (Sing Sing) on the Hudson River, and he later, 1857, moved to Tarrytown, living there to his death in 1878. During this time he did landscape painting that... Read full biography
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About Robert Havell Jr: Museums & Collections
Museums & Collections (10)
All MuseumsHelmerich Cntr. for American Research, Gilcrease Museum,Univ. of Tulsa
1400 N. Gilcrease Museum Road
Tulsa, OK 74127-2100Los Angeles County Museum of Art
5905 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90036Mead Art Museum, Amherst College
Amherst College
Po Box 5000
Amherst, MA 01002Metropolitan Museum of Art
1000 Fifth Avenue
New York City, NY 10028Minneapolis Institute of Arts
2400 Third Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55404New-York Historical Society
2 West 77th Street At Central Park
New York City, NY 10024San Diego Museum of Art
Balboa Park, 1450 el Prado
Po 122107
San Diego, CA 92101Stark Museum of Art
712 Green Avenue
Orange, TX 77630White House Historical Association (WHHA)
740 Jackson Place NW,
Washington, DC 20006