Canvas-backed Ducks
Portfolio TitleThe Birds of America
Artist
John James Audubon
(American, born Haiti, 1785 - 1851)
Date1836
MediumEngraving with aquatint, colored by hand
DimensionsUnframed: 24 1/8 x 36 1/2 inches (61.28 x 92.71 cm)
Framed: 32 1/4 x 44 1/8 inches (81.92 x 112.08 cm)
Framed: 32 1/4 x 44 1/8 inches (81.92 x 112.08 cm)
Credit LineBequest of Jeanne McCray Beals in memory of David Thomas Beals II, Helen Ward Beals, and David Thomas Beals III
Object number2006.9.45
Signedl.l., bottom margin: "Drawn from nature by J. J. Audubon F.R.S., F. L.S.
Inscribedl.r., bottom margin: "Engraved. Printed & Coloured by R. Havell. 1836"
t.r.: "Plate CCCI"
center, bottom margin: "Canvas backed duck/ Fuligula valisineria, Steph./ 1, 2 male, 3 Female/ View of Baltimore"
t.l.: "No. 61"
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DescriptionBetween two rocky outcroppings, two brown-throated, white-bodied birds, one left, hunched, stretches neck toward water where second bird, right, floats. Third bird, black-throated, perches on rock, right, extending neck down and right. In far distance, buildings of city along shore.
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