Plate 254, Ruff Necked Hummingbird
Name/Title
Plate 254, Ruff Necked HummingbirdEntry/Object ID
JJA.2019.1.2aDescription
This is a handcolored stone lithograph from a second or later printing of the Royal Octavo edition of the "The Birds of America: From Drawings Made in the United States and their Territories." The print is titled, "Ruff-necked Hummingbird," and it is plate 254, no. 51. The print shows two males arranged around the flowers of Cleome heptaphylla, and one female is perched on a nest at the bottom left. The background is tinted a pale green-blue. 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 in italics: "Ruff-necked Hummingbird / 1. 2. Males. 3. Female. / Cleome heptaphylla." The following credits are printed in block letters: "Drawn from Nature by J.J. Audubon, F.R.S.F.L.S. / Lithd Printed & Col.d. by J. T. Bowen, Philada."Artwork Details
Medium
Paper, Ink, WatercolorCollection
H. Neal Stoneback CollectionMade/Created
Artist Information
Bowen, J. T., 1801-1856
Audubon, John James (after)