Brown Lark, 1827/1830

Not on View

series Title

The Birds of America: Plate X

Medium

hand-colored engraving on wove paper

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.)

Credit Line

Collection of Dr. and Mrs. George Benjamin Green

Catalogue Raisonné

Birds of America, no. 10

Accession Number

1991.117.2

Artists / Makers

William Home Lizars (artist) Scottish, 1788 - 1859

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

Image Use

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Inscription

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.

Bibliography

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