Snowy Owl

Audubon: Die Vögel Amerikas II, 1831

This is a print of two Snowy Owls perched the branches of a dead tree. The owls have striking white plumage and piercing yellow eyes, and both are perched on branches of a gnarled and weathered tree on the left. The sky behind them is covered in dark blue-gray clouds. The lower owl is facing the left with its head turned towards us, while the owl above it has its torso facing us and its head turned to the right, its chest fluffed up.
Kunstenaar
Audubon: Die Vögel Amerikas II
Datering
1831
Soort
Prent
Techniek
hand-colored engraving and aquatint on Whatman wove paper
Afmetingen
89,5 × 65,4 cm
Collectie
National Gallery of Art, Washington
Licentie
Publiek domein, CC0

Beeldbeschrijving

This is a print of two Snowy Owls perched the branches of a dead tree. The owls have striking white plumage and piercing yellow eyes, and both are perched on branches of a gnarled and weathered tree on the left. The sky behind them is covered in dark blue-gray clouds. The lower owl is facing the left with its head turned towards us, while the owl above it has its torso facing us and its head turned to the right, its chest fluffed up.

Audubon: Die Vögel Amerikas II