Skip to main content
Advanced Search
Haematopus ostralegus (Oyster-Catcher) bird with black head, throat, back, wings, and tail tip, white belly and lower back, and orange beak and feet, standing on a shoreline.
Oyster-Catcher
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi

Oyster-Catcher

Artist John Gould (British, 1804 - 1881)
Date1832-1837
MediumLithograph, hand colored
DimensionsSheet size: 14 1/2 x 21 1/4 in. (36.8 x 54 cm)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineGift of Dr. Orrin Lippoff
Object number2012.55.2
Collections
Visual DescriptionHaematopus ostralegus (Oyster-Catcher) bird with black head, throat, back, wings, and tail tip, white belly and lower back, and orange beak and feet, standing on a shoreline. Plate 300 from volume IV of "Birds of Europe", London, 1832-1837.
Himantopus melanopterus (Long-Legged Plover), a bird with black back, wings, head, and beak, white throat and belly, and long orange legs and feet, standing on grass with plants in the background.
Long-Legged Plover
John Gould
1832-1837
Lesser Black-Backed Gull
Lesser Black-Backed Gull
John Gould
1832-1837
Circaetus Brachydactylus (Short-Toed Eagle) bird with brown back and wings, a white belly, hooked beak, and yellow clawed feet, standing on a tree branch.
Short-Toed Eagle
John Gould
1832 - 1837
Two 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.
Red-Backed Shrike
John Gould
1832 - 1837
Two Scolopax Gallinula (Jack Snipe) birds with brown speckled backs, brown striped heads, white bellies, and long beaks, in a grassy patch of dirt.
Jack Snipe
John Gould
1832 - 1837
Two Podiceps cristatus (Great Crested Grebe) birds shown sitting, each with mostly white bodies and black wings, head, and feet. The bird in front has a red-orange and black crest , while the bird in the back has additional black feathers on its head.
Great Crested Grebe
John Gould
1832-1837
Totanus Bartramia (Bartram's Sandpiper), a bird with brown and white coloring, a long thin beak and yellow feet, standing on on a beach or sand dune.
Bartram's Sandpiper
John Gould
1832-1837
Rustic Bunting
Rustic Bunting
John Gould
1832 - 1837
Four Thaumastura corae (Cora's Shear-Tail) hummingbirds with green backs, blue wings, and white bellies; the two adult males have long black and white forking tails, and blue and light red throats; the young male has a black and white forked tail and a spotted throat; and the female has a white throat. All four birds stand on a Mimosa plant with woody stems and puffy white flowers.
Thaumastura corae (Cora's Shear-Tail)
John Gould
1849-1861
Three Nextarinia Vigorsii (Vigors' Sun-Bird) birds standing on a plant with green leaves and small pink flowers. The two male birds have blue-green heads and tails, red shoulders, yellow backs, brown wings, orange throats, and gray-brown bellies; the female is gray-brown.
Vigors' Sun-Bird
John Gould
1849-1881
Carbo pygmaeus (Little Cormorant), a black bird with small white speckles on its head, and black feet, on a branch.
Little Cormorant
John Gould
1832-1837
Two Anser Albifrons (White-Fronted Goose) birds with white, gray-brown, and black bodies and yellow feet.
White-Fronted Goose
John Gould
1832 - 1837

Collections research is ongoing. Information provided on the Harn’s website about collection objects may be updated, revised, or enhanced at any time.

Harn
Copyright © Harn
null