Stanley Hawk. Eastern Blue Bird.
1828
About this artwork
This is Plate 36 from John James Audubon's seminal work "The Birds of America." It features a Stanley Hawk in two different poses, one in flight and another perched, alongside a flying Eastern Bluebird.
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John James Audubon's ambitious project, "The Birds of America," aimed to document every bird species in North America in life-size depictions. This monumental work, created through a painstaking process of observation, hunting, and hand-coloring thousands of engravings, remains a cornerstone of ornithological art and scientific illustration.
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Stanley Hawk. Eastern Blue Bird.
John James Audubon, 1828
