Caracara Eagle
Caracara Eagle
- Description
- John James Audubon's publication The Birds of America was published in several formats. The first large folio edition was intended for wealthy patrons or institutions. Later editions, produced in the U.S. for a more general audience, included text and smaller, less costly lithographic illustrations.
- Audubon introduced new species and new artistic forms. His dramatic images of birds, pictured life-size in animated poses with realistic backgrounds, represented a departure from the conventions of natural history illustration. His artistic ingenuity, as reproduced in engravings and lithographs, won over new audiences for the subject of nature study.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- Lithograph
- lithograph
- Object Type
- Lithographic Processes
- Date made
- 1840
- date made
- 1843
- graphic artist
- Bowen, John T.
- original artist
- Audubon, John James
- Measurements
- overall: 28.1 cm x 18.2 cm; 11 1/16 in x 7 3/16 in
- ID Number
- 1998.0117.05
- accession number
- 1998.0117
- catalog number
- 1998.0117.05
- subject
- Birds
- [NO SUBJECT]
- Printmaking
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- Work and Industry: Graphic Arts
- Natural Resources
- Art
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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