Red-Backed Shrike
Artist
John Gould
(British, 1804 - 1881)
Date1832 - 1837
MediumLithograph, hand-colored
Dimensions2 1/4 x 14 1/2 in. (5.7 x 36.8 cm)
need dims
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineGift of Dr. and Mrs. Oliver Sartor
Object number2010.73.2
DescriptionTwo Lanius Collurio (Red-Backed Shrike) birds, one with a brown speckled back and white speckled belly, and the other with a light blue head and tail, black eye, brown back and wings, and white belly. Both birds stand on a woody branch with green leaves. Plate 69 from volume II of "Birds of Europe", London, 1832-1837.
