Carolina Turtle Dove NYHS - Oppenheimer Edition
Name/Title
Carolina Turtle Dove NYHS - Oppenheimer EditionEntry/Object ID
JJA.2024.1.4Description
This print is a New York Historical Society Oppenheimer Edition that is a facsimile of John James Audubon's "Carolina Turtle Dove" painting used to create the engraving for The Birds of America. This print shows two male and two female mourning doves. The highest bird on the page is a female showing the stomach and beneath the feathers. Next to her is the male with speckles of black on his brown/yellow/green coat. Hints of blue are on the male's neck and feather edges. The lower left-hand bird is also a male and shows a bright blue color on the back of his head. The female next to him is sitting in a nest reaching her beak up to the male.Artwork Details
Medium
water color, InkSubject
Carolina Turtle DovesCollection
John James Audubon Museum Collection, Martin Sidor CollectionMade/Created
Artist Information
John James Audubon (1785-1851)
New York Historical Society