Ultramarine Jay

Name/Title

Ultramarine Jay

Entry/Object ID

JJA.2017.2.4a

Description

This print is from the second edition of the Royal Octavo version of, "The Birds of America." The print is titled, "Ultramarine Jay," and it is plate 232, no. 47. Shown is a single bird of blue-violet perched on single branch pointing in profile to the right. Image is against a beige tint. 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: "Ultramarine Jay / Adult 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, Ink

Collection

Tim Hoogasian Collection

Made/Created

Artist Information

Audubon, John James
Bowen, J. T., 1801-1856

Date made

1856

Notes

Technique: Lithography

Dimensions

Height

10-1/4 in

Width

6-7/8 in