Swallow-tailed Hawk
Audubon: Die Vögel Amerikas I, 1829
- Artista
- Audubon: Die Vögel Amerikas I
- Datazione
- 1829
- Tipologia
- Stampa
- Tecnica
- hand-colored engraving and aquatint on Whatman wove paper
- Collezione
- National Gallery of Art, Washington
- Licenza
- Pubblico dominio, CC0
Descrizione dell’immagine
This is a painting of a swallow-tailed bird hunting a snake mid-flight. The bird has large, dark wings and a white head, grasping the snake in its beak and talons. The snake is coiled with its body undulating, and the bird's wings are extended. The background is a plain, light color.