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Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi
Common Buzzard (Swain's Hawk)
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi

Common Buzzard (Swain's Hawk)

Artist John James Audubon (American, 1785 - 1851)
Date1837
MediumEtching, aquatint and line engraving with hand-coloring
DimensionsFrame: 26 5/8 x 32 7/8 in. (67.63 x 83.5 cm)
Sight: 20 3/4 x 27 in. (52.71 x 68.58 cm)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineGift of Philip Ward Warner
Object number2012.15.1
Collections
DescriptionA hawk dives towards a rabbit, seemingly about to catch it. In the background, across a river, is what looks like a human settlement.
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