1836
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Dominant colour
Black-headed Gull is a 1836 ink by Robert Havell Jr., a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This image shows two birds perched on a flat, wooden ledge. The bird on top has a black head, bright red legs, and a mix of gray, white, and brown feathers. The one below it looks younger, with duller colors and a less defined head shape. The title says these are black-headed gulls, with the top one labeled as an adult male. The artist used careful lines and shading to show texture, especially in the feathers and wood. Want to see how artists used engraving to capture nature in detail?
The Havell family of Reading, Berkshire, England, included a number of notable engravers, etchers and painters, as well as writers, publishers, educators, and musicians.
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