Bay Breasted Wood Warbler
Artist
John James Audubon
(American, 1785 - 1851)
Date1839-1844
MediumLithograph, hand-colored
Dimensions16 x 20 in. (40.6 x 50.8 cm)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineMuseum purchase, funds provided by Michael Cadoux
Object number2010.15.1
DescriptionSylvicola castanea (Bay Breasted Wood Warbler) on the Gossipium herbaceum (highland cotton-plant). Two birds with orange bellies and black-brown wings perch on a plant with green leaves and bulbs, and a pink-red flower. From "Birds of America, From Drawings Made in the United States and Their Territories", Ocatavo Edition, New York and Philadelphia: J. J. Audubon and J.B. Chevalier, 1839-1844.
