White-Headed Eagle NYHS - Oppenheimer Edition
Name/Title
White-Headed Eagle NYHS - Oppenheimer EditionEntry/Object ID
JJA.2024.1.8Description
This print is a New York Historical Society Oppenheimer Edition that is a facsimile of John James Audubon's "White-headed Eagle" painting which was used to create the print in The Birds of America. In this print, a large male Bald Eagle perched on a rock with his talons in a catfish he just caught. There is another fish head in front of the bird and multiple rocks. On the rock it reads, "White-headed Eagle, Male, Adult/Falco Leucocephalus" and "Drawn from Nature by John J. Audubon/Little Prairie/Mississippi River."Artwork Details
Medium
water color, InkSubject
Bald EagleCollection
John James Audubon Museum Collection, Martin Sidor CollectionMade/Created
Artist Information
John James Audubon (1785-1851)
New York Historical Society