King Duck, 1. Male, 2. Female

Work on Paper

DePaul Art Museum

Name/Title

Entry/Object ID

5761

Description

Male and female King Duck. Male is standing on a rock above the female, facing each other. Water behind.

Artwork Details

Medium

Hcolored lithograph

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 Kenyon

Made/Created

Artist

Audubon, John J.

Date made

1840 - 1869

Lexicon

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Chromo Lithograph

Class

WORKS ON PAPER

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Image

Width

20.955 cm

Length

15.24 cm

Dimension Description

Frame

Dimension Notes

Size: 11.75x14.75x.75