Brown Lark

1827/1830

William Home Lizars

Artist, Scottish, 1788 - 1859

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    hand-colored engraving on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Collection of Dr. and Mrs. George Benjamin Green

  • Dimensions

    plate: 32.6 x 52.2 cm (12 13/16 x 20 9/16 in.)
    sheet: 63.3 x 95.7 cm (24 15/16 x 37 11/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1991.117.2

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Birds of America, no. 10

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1827

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

Inscriptions

lower left in plate: Drawn from Nature by John J. Audubon F.R.S.E.M.W.S.; lower right in plate: Engraved by W.H.Lizars Edin.r; lower right in plate: Printed and Coloured by R.Havell.Sen.r; lCp/ /: Brown Lark / ANTHUS AQUATICUS. / 1. Male 2. Female; uCp//: PLATE X. No.2.

Wikidata ID

Q74893877

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