Meadow Lark, ca. 1827-1851 (Primary Title)
The Birds of North America (Portfolio Title)

John James Audubon, American, born Haiti, 1785 - 1851 (Artist)
Robert Havell, Jr., American, born England, 1793 - 1878 (Printer)

1832
American
Works On Paper
Prints
hand water colored engraving with etching and aquatint on rag paper. Watermark: J. Whatman, 1832
38 1/2" H x 25 1/2" W (sheet) (97.8cm. H x 64.8 cm. W)
2001.241
inscribed in plate: Upper corners: No. 28. PLATE CXXXVI inscribed across lower edge of plate: (L) drawn from Nature and published by J.J. Audubon, F.R.S.F.L.S. (C) Meadow Lark, STURNUS - LUDOVICIANUS, Linn. Males, 1. Females, 2. (R) Engraved Printed and Coloured by R. Havell. London 1832
Gift of Alma and Harry H. Coon
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