Plate 9, Red Shouldered Hawk
Name/Title
Plate 9, Red Shouldered HawkEntry/Object ID
JJA.2019.1.4aDescription
This is a handcolored 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, "Red-shouldered Buzzard," and it is plate 9, no. 2. The print shows two individuals perched on a forked branch. The uppermost hawk faces the right, and the body of the hawk at the bottom branch faces the viewer with the head turned to the left. The print number is printed in the upper left corner and the plate number is printed in the upper right corner. The title, "Red-shouldered Buzzard," is printed in italics at the bottom of the image, with the initials, "R. T.," printed at the bottom of the branch at the left. The following credits are printed in block lettering: "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)