Prairie Titlark

Robert Havell, Jr. after John James Audubon

Associated Names
Robert Havell, Jr.

Artist, American, born England, 1793 - 1878

John James Audubon

Artist After, American, 1785 - 1851

This is a painting of a bird perched on a rock surrounded by pink flowers and grass. The bird is depicted with brown plumage, a speckled chest, and a slender tail, standing upon the rocks. Surrounding the rock are delicate pink flowers and green blades of grass. The background is left blank. The text at the bottom indicates that this is identified as a Prairie Titlark, scientifically named Anthus Pipens. The work is intended to display the bird in a manner characteristic of naturalist documentation.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    hand-colored engraving and aquatint on J. Whatman paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Martha Hogan

  • Accession Number

    1944.6.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Birds of America, no. 80


Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1971

  • Wilderness, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1971, no. 10 (organized by the National Endowment for the Arts).

Bibliography

1827

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

Wikidata ID

Q65024939

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