Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi

107 Die Auerhenne

Artist Johann Leonhard Frisch (German, 1666 - 1743)

Date1817

MediumEngraving, hand colored, on paper

ClassificationsPrints

Credit LineMuseum purchase, funds provided by Ben M. Carter in honor of Enrique R. Anderson (Class of '95) and Family

Object number2014.38.34

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PRINTS AND DRAWINGS BEFORE 1850

DescriptionA bird with light brown head, neck back, wings, and tail, white chest and belly, and allover black spots, pecks at seeds/berries on the ground. Plate 107 from "Vorsstellung der Vogel in Deutschland und beilaufig auch einiger Fremden nach ihrer Eigenschaften beschrieben," Berlin, 1817.