Black & Yellow Warbler (Sylvia maculosa) and Flowering Raspberry (Rubus odoratus), Plate CXXII
1831
About this artwork
This is plate CXXII from John James Audubon's monumental work "The Birds of America," illustrating two Black and Yellow Warblers perched amidst a flowering raspberry plant. The original watercolor drawing was meticulously translated into an aquatint engraving and hand-colored by Robert Havell Jr.
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John James Audubon's "The Birds of America" is one of the most ambitious and celebrated ornithological works ever produced. Comprising 435 hand-colored, life-sized prints, it depicted virtually every known bird species of North America at the time. Robert Havell Jr. was crucial to its success, meticulously translating Audubon's watercolors into stunning aquatint engravings, often spending weeks on a single plate to capture the intricate details and vibrant colors that define this iconic collection.
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Black & Yellow Warbler (Sylvia maculosa) and Flowering Raspberry (Rubus odoratus), Plate CXXII
John James Audubon, 1831
