Brown Lark

1827

William Home Lizars after John James Audubon

Associated Names
William Home Lizars

Etcher, Scottish, 1788 - 1859

John James Audubon

Artist After, American, 1785 - 1851

Two birds, identified as a male and female Brown Lark, are perched on a mound of earth adorned with small mushrooms and grass, and a small insect flies above them in the center of the image. The color palette consists of earthy browns for the birds and mound, with touches of green in the grass and subtle hints of grey and white in the birds' feathers and the mushrooms. The male bird is on the left side of the image standing on the mound, and the female bird is positioned to the right, slightly higher on the mound, with both looking upwards towards the insect hovering above.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and engraving with hand coloring on Whatman paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Mrs. Walter B. James

  • Accession Number

    1945.8.10

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Birds of America, no. 10

  • Series Title

    The Birds of America: Plate X

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1827

  • Audubon, John James. The Birds of America. London: 1827-1838.

Wikidata ID

Q65087434

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