Blue Jay
Audubon: Die Vögel Amerikas II, 1831
- 艺术家
- Audubon: Die Vögel Amerikas II
- 年代
- 1831
- 类型
- 技法
- hand-colored engraving and aquatint on Whatman wove paper
- 尺寸
- 65.3 × 55.2 cm
- 收藏机构
- National Gallery of Art, Washington
- 许可
- 公有领域, CC0
图片描述
This is a print of three blue jays perched on a branch. The birds have bright blue plumage with small areas of white and black, and they are depicted on a gray branch adorned with green leaves and yellow and pink flowers. The topmost bird is using its beak and foot to break open a small white egg, yolk dripping down towards a second bird below that has its wings partially extended and its beak open. The third bird on the left holds a second egg in its mouth. The background behind the birds and branch is off-white paper.