Red-winged Starling, Female Red-winged Starling, Black-poll Warbler, and Lesser Red-poll

published 1808-1814

Alexander Lawson after Alexander Wilson

Associated Names
Alexander Lawson

Artist, American, 1773 - 1846

Alexander Wilson

Artist After, American, 1766 - 1813

The image shows four birds. The largest bird is black with red and yellow accents, flying at the top. Below, a starling with a speckled brown and black pattern is perched on a tree stump. Next to it is a smaller bird with white, black, and yellow colors. Further down, there is a bird with a red crown, pink chest, and brown and white back. The color palette includes black, red, brown, white, yellow, and pink. The birds are positioned with the flying black bird at the top, the starling on the left of the stump, the smaller bird on the right of the stump, and the bird with the red crown near a small patch of grass at the bottom.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    hand-colored engraving with etching on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Collection of Dr. and Mrs. George Benjamin Green

  • Dimensions

    plate: 32.7 x 25.1 cm (12 7/8 x 9 7/8 in.)
    sheet: 37.5 x 28.7 cm (14 3/4 x 11 5/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1991.163.10


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Dr. and Mrs. George Benjamin Green, Virginia; gift to NGA, 1991.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

lower left in plate: Drawn from Nature by A. Wilson; lower right in plate: Engraved by A. Lawson; across bottom in plate: 1. Red-winged Starling. 2. Female. 3. Black-poll Warbler. 4. Lesser Red-poll.

Wikidata ID

Q74894633

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