Little Screech Owl
Name/Title
Little Screech OwlEntry/Object ID
JJA.2000.7aDescription
This colored lithograph was completed by J. T. Bowen in 1856 for the 2nd Octavo Version of John James Audubon's "The Birds of America". The image details two male and female with their young perched upon the branch of a pine tree. Their dark-coated young can be seen in the top-left corner, just above the female preening her right wing. The bottom of the image bears an inscription reading: "Little Screech Owl / Jersey Pine Pinus inops." The bottom-left reads: "Drawn from Nature by J. J. Audubon F.R.S.F.L.S." The bottom-right reads: "Lith. Printed & Cold. by J. T. Bowen, Philada." The top-left corner reads: "No8." The top-right corner reads: "PL 40."Artwork Details
Medium
Paper, Watercolor, InkCollection
H. Neal Stoneback CollectionMade/Created
Artist Information
Audubon, John James
Bowen, J. T., 1801-1856