The Mocking Bird, 1827

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series Title

The Birds of America: Plate XXI

Medium

hand-colored engraving and aquatint on Whatman wove paper

Dimensions

plate: 84.4 x 60 cm (33 1/4 x 23 5/8 in.)

sheet: 99.5 x 66.5 cm (39 3/16 x 26 3/16 in.)

Credit Line

Accession Number

1945.8.21

Artists / Makers

Robert Havell, Jr. (artist) American, born England, 1793 - 1878

John James Audubon (artist after) American, 1785 - 1851

Image Use

2005: Audubon's Dream Realized: Selections from "The Birds of America". The National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2005.