Blue Yellow Back Warbler

1812

John James Audubon

Associated Names
John James Audubon

Artist, American, 1785 - 1851

This is a painting of a blue bird perched on a flowering branch. The bird has a blue head, tail, and wings, with a white throat and body, both tinged with pink. Its beak is black with a hint of yellow. The bird is facing the right, standing on a branch with green leaves and partially open pink-purple flowers. The background is beige paper, and there are some written lines of text at the bottom of the painting.

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Artwork history & notes

Inscriptions

lower center in pen and brown ink: Blue Yellow Back Warbler A.W. / Sylvia Pusilla / drawn by J.J. Audubon; lower left in pen and brown ink: No. 33; lower left in graphite: May 7th 1812. Pens.a-; other hand, lL //in graphite: Geranium maculatum

Markings

upper left: three letters partly visible

Watermarks

upper left: partial watermark

Wikidata ID

Q64582792

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