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Robert Havell Jr

Robert Havell, Jr. (1793 - 1878) was active/lived in New York.  Robert Havell Jr is 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 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 in style and subject matter fit the criteria for being Hudson River School painting. Among his tit   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 1617 characters.]  Artist bio

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Facts about Robert Havell Jr

   Robert Havell, Jr.  Born:  1793 - Reading, England
Died:   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 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  ...  Displaying 750 of 1617 characters.

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