Steller's Jay
Name/Title
Steller's JayEntry/Object ID
JJA.2017.2.3aDescription
This print is from the second edition of the Royal Octavo version of, "The Birds of America." The print is titled, "Steller' s Jay," and it is plate 230, no. 46. Shown is a single bird of indigo blue perched on single branch pecking at a nut or seed. The bird is shown in profile to the left with one leg on the nut and head down. 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: "Stellers Jay / Male / 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