Carolina Parrot

Audubon: Die Vögel Amerikas I, 1827

Seven brilliantly colored parrots cluster closely in the rust-brown branches of a slender tree limb in this vertical color engraving. Each bird is in a different pose and shown from a different angle, and together they fill the composition. Their bodies and wings are a riot of emerald, lime, and moss green. One bird, near the bottom center, also has a green head. The rest have bright gold-yellow heads with flame red over the short, curved beaks and around the eyes. Light glints off the bead-like black and brown eyes. The bird at the very bottom of the composition looks at us with an open beak, seeming to smile with one wing outstretched. The twigs are interspersed with spiky-edged oval, tan pods and gray dried leaves. The print is inscribed in three places near the bottom. In the center it reads, “Carolina Parrots. Males 1. F. 2. Young 3. PSITACUS CAROLINENSIS, Plant Vulgo. Cuckle Burr.” On the left, engraved text reads, “Drawn from Nature & Published by John. J. Audubon. F.R.S.E. M.W.S.” On the right, it reads, “Engraved, Printed & Coloured by R. Havell & Son, London.”
Seniman
Audubon: Die Vögel Amerikas I
Tahun
1827
Jenis
Print
Teknik
hand-colored engraving and aquatint on Whatman wove paper
Ukuran
84.3 × 60.2 cm
Koleksi
National Gallery of Art, Washington
Lisensi
Domain publik, CC0

Deskripsi gambar

Seven brilliantly colored parrots cluster closely in the rust-brown branches of a slender tree limb in this vertical color engraving. Each bird is in a different pose and shown from a different angle, and together they fill the composition. Their bodies and wings are a riot of emerald, lime, and moss green. One bird, near the bottom center, also has a green head. The rest have bright gold-yellow heads with flame red over the short, curved beaks and around the eyes. Light glints off the bead-like black and brown eyes. The bird at the very bottom of the composition looks at us with an open beak, seeming to smile with one wing outstretched. The twigs are interspersed with spiky-edged oval, tan pods and gray dried leaves. The print is inscribed in three places near the bottom. In the center it reads, “Carolina Parrots. Males 1. F. 2. Young 3. PSITACUS CAROLINENSIS, Plant Vulgo. Cuckle Burr.” On the left, engraved text reads, “Drawn from Nature & Published by John. J. Audubon. F.R.S.E. M.W.S.” On the right, it reads, “Engraved, Printed & Coloured by R. Havell & Son, London.”

Audubon: Die Vögel Amerikas I