Red Headed Woodpecker (Primary Title)
The Birds of North America (Portfolio Title)

John James Audubon, American, born Haiti, 1785–1851 (Artist)

ca. 1828
American
Works On Paper
Prints
hand watercolored engraving, etching, and aquatint on rag paper
38" H x 25" W, sheet (96.52 cm. H x 63.50 cm. W, sheet)
2002.562
Not on view
Inscribed in plate: Upper corners - No. 6. PLATE XXVII Across lower edge- (L) Drawn from Nature AND published by John J. Audubon. F.R.S .F.L.S. (C) Red Headed Woodpecker, PICUS ERYTHROCEPHALUS.LINN, Male, 1. Female, 2.Young,3. (R) Engraved, Printed & Coloured by R. Havell.
Gift of Alma and Harry H. Coon
Image released via Creative Commons CC-BY-NC

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