Red-shouldered Hawk
1938.304
Name/Title
Red-shouldered HawkEntry/Object ID
JJA.1938.304Description
This is print number 12, plate number LVI (56), from John James Audubon's The Birds of America, titled, "Red-shouldered Hawk." This image shows 2 Red-shouldered Hawks, one female and the other male. They are both perched upon a tree branch. The branch itself has 3 different leaf spots growing out of it and shows a string-like moss growing on the tallest branch where the female hawk is sitting. She is in profile bowing with her right side facing the viewer. We also have a frontal body view of the male hawk sitting below her; cocking his head to its left. There are inscriptions on the print in the upper-right corner reading: "PLATE LVI." On the upper-left corner of the print is an inscription that reads: "12." In the middle-bottom of the print are inscriptions reading: "Red-shouldered Hawk / FALCO LINEATUS. Gmel. / Male 1. Female 2." On the bottom-left corner of the print is an inscription that reads: "Nature and published by John J. Audubon F.R.S.F.L.S" On the bottom-right corner of the print is an inscription reading: "Engraved Printed and Colored by R. Havell."Artwork Details
Medium
Paper, Ink, WatercolorCollection
Henderson County Historical Society CollectionMade/Created
Artist Information
Audubon, John James
Havell, Sr., Robert