Mallard
Name/Title
MallardEntry/Object ID
JJA.2012.9.1Description
This print is from the second or later octavo edition of the "The Birds of America: From Drawings Made in the United States and their Territories." The print is titled, "Mallard," and is it plate 385, no. 77. Shown are four ducks: 2 males and 2 females. They are illustrated at a water's edge, presumably a pond, with tall grass in the background. One of the females is reaching up with her bill open to grasp a fuzzy caterpillar sitting on a blade of grass. The male to the right of her is upright with head and neck extended and grass in mouth. The second female is at the left, shown in profile, with head down drinking water. The second male is behind her in profile facing to the left. The print number is printed in the upper left corner and the plate number is printed in the upper right corner. Below the image is the following print: "Mallard / 1.2. Males 3.4. Females / Drawn from Nature by J.J. Audubon, F.R.S.F.L.S. / Lith & Printed & Col.d. by J. T. Bowen, Philad."Artwork Details
Medium
Paper, Watercolor, InkCollection
John James Audubon Museum CollectionMade/Created
Artist Information
Audubon, John James
Bowen, J. T., 1801-1856