Green Heron
Name/Title
Green HeronEntry/Object ID
JJA.2018.5.9aDescription
This is a second edition or later print from the octavo edition of The Birds of America. The print is titled, "Green Heron," and it is print no. 74, plate 367. The image shows an adult male and a young heron upon a water's edge. The adult male is reaching upward towards a moth or butterfly. The young bird sits to the right of him. Credits and Marginalia below the image read, "Green Heron / 1. Adult Male 2. Young in Sept / Drawn from Nature by J. J. Audubon F.R.S. F.L.S. / Lithd Printed & Cold by J. T. Bowen Philad."Artwork Details
Medium
Paper, Ink, WatercolorCollection
Tim Hoogasian CollectionMade/Created
Artist Information
Bowen, J. T., 1801-1856
Audubon, John James (after)