Schinz's Sandpiper
Name/Title
Schinz's SandpiperEntry/Object ID
JJA.2017.2.8aDescription
This print is from the second Royal Octavo edition of the "The Birds of America: From Drawings Made in the United States and their Territories." The print is titled, "Sching's Sandpiper" and it is plate 335, no. 67. Shown are a male and female sandpiper at a water's edge. The female is left facing in profile on the right and the male is to the left of her in a flying pose with wings spread, head upward, and back shown. The sandpipers are on a beach with seashells in the sand. 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: "Schinz's Sandpiper / 1. Male 2. Female / Drawn from Nature by J.J. Audubon, F.R.S.F.L.S. / Lith & Printed & Col.d. by J. T. Bowen, Philad."Artwork Details
Medium
Paper, Watercolor, InkCollection
Tim Hoogasian CollectionMade/Created
Artist Information
Audubon, John James
Bowen, J. T., 1801-1856