Towee Bunting (Eastern Towhee)
1828
About this artwork
This hand-colored engraving, plate 29 from John James Audubon's "The Birds of America," depicts two Eastern Towhees (Pipilo erythrophthalmus), identified as a male and a female, perched among thorny blackberry branches. The male is shown above, with the female below.
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John James Audubon's "The Birds of America" is one of the most ambitious ornithological works ever published, celebrated for its life-sized illustrations of North American birds. To produce these magnificent prints, Audubon often had to travel extensively, hunting and drawing specimens in the field, then meticulously overseeing the engraving and hand-coloring process across continents.
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Towee Bunting (Eastern Towhee)
John James Audubon, 1828
