Red headed Woodpecker
38.1477 Red Headed Woodpecker
Name/Title
Red headed WoodpeckerEntry/Object ID
JJA.1938.1477Description
This is print number 6, plate 27 of the series The Birds of America, titled "Red headed Woodpecker." The print was made from a copperplate engraving and was then colored by hand with watercolor. The image shows five birds: 1 male, 1 female, and 3 young. The young birds have gray and white feathers with black spots. They are nesting on a dead tree limb and being fed by the adult birds. The female bird is in flight holding a large seed in her beak. The male bird is perched on the limb with a caterpillar in his beak reaching toward a young bird. The tree limb is bare. The top left of the print bears the inscription, "No. 6." and the top right bears the inscription, 'PLATE 27." Beneath is the inscription, "Red headed Woodpecker, Male, 1. F, 2. Young, 3. 4. 5. / Picus Erythrocephalus." On the bottom left of the engraving are the words "Drawn from Nature & Published by John J. Audubon, F.R.S.E. M.W.S." and on the bottom right are the words "Engraved, Printed & Coloured by R. Havell & Son, London."Artwork Details
Medium
Paper, Ink, WatercolorCollection
Henderson County Historical Society CollectionMade/Created
Artist Information
Audubon, John James
Havell, Jr., Robert
Havell, Jr., Robert