Plate 224, Raven
Name/Title
Plate 224, RavenEntry/Object ID
JJA.2018.4.2aDescription
This is a hand colored stone lithograph from the first Royal Octavo edition of the "The Birds of America: From Drawings Made in the United States and their Territories." The print is titled, "Raven" and it is plate 224, no. 45. Shown is a raven perched on a shellbark hickory tree. The bird is left facing, mostly in profile with its beak open as though it is making a sound. 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: "Raven / Old Male. / Thick Shell bark Hickory / Drawn from Nature by J.J. Audubon, F.R.S.F.L.S. / Lithd, Printed & Col.d. by J. T. Bowen, Philad."Artwork Details
Medium
Paper, Watercolor, InkCollection
H. Neal Stoneback CollectionMade/Created
Artist Information
Bowen, J. T., 1801-1856
Audubon, John James (after)