1835
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Purple Sandpiper is a 1835 ink by Robert Havell Jr., a Romanticism work, depicting Ruff, held at National Gallery of Art.
This engraving shows a purple sandpiper standing on a rock. Its beak points down. The bird’s purple-tinted feathers stand out against the gray rock. The artist, Robert Havell Jr., hand-colored this print. He used aquatint to give the scene depth. This was a common way to show nature in the 1800s. Look up Havell, Jr., Robert to see more of his work.
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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