Plate 233, Floriday Jay
Name/Title
Plate 233, Floriday JayEntry/Object ID
JJA.2018.4.3aDescription
This is a hand colored stone lithograph from the second edition or later "The Birds of America: From Drawings Made in the United States and their Territories." The print is titled, "Florida Jay" and it is plate 233, no. 47. Shown are two jays (a male and female) perched in a persimmon tree. The male is pictured below the female with its back shown and wings spread. The female is shown in profile facing to the left and head titled upward. The print number is printed in the upper left corner and the plate number is printed in the upper right corner. Print has a light blue-green tone. Below the image is the following print: "Florida Jay / 1. Male. 2. Female. / Persimontree Diospyros Virginiana / 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)