Pewee Flycatcher
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 number2010.15.5
DescriptionMuscicapa fusca (Pewee Flycatcher) on Gossypium herbaceum (cotton plant); two birds on a cotton plant with cotton bolls (both young and open), one bird shows the dark green coloring on the top, and the other shows the white underbelly. 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.
