Name/Title
Brown Finch, femaleEntry/Object ID
5738Description
One small brown bird with yellow beak and spotted underside perched on a twig and looking to the right. Bird is looking over water and tall grass.Context
John J. Audubon’s (1785-1851) book ‘Birds of America’ was originally printed with “Double Elephant folio” engravings, meaning 435 life size images of North American birds. Between 1840 and 1869, several editions of a smaller (“octavo”) version of the book were printed. The prints found in DePaul’s collection are from this later era, and were printed by J.T. Bowen in Philadelphia. Bowen used a “camera lucida” to project the large engravings on lithographic stone which was then hand drawn and hand painted using watercolors. These smaller sized books made Audubon’s work accessible to a wider audience, and helped his art gain the reputation it still holds today.Acquisition
Notes
Collection of DePaul University, gift of Douglas KenyonLexicon
Legacy Lexicon
Object Name
Chromo LithographClass
WORKS ON PAPERDimensions
Dimension Description
ImageWidth
13.97 cmLength
24.13 cmDimension Description
FrameDimension Notes
Size: 14.75x11.75x.75