Two birds, identified as a male and female Brown Lark, are perched on a mound of earth adorned with small mushrooms and grass, and a small insect flies above them in the center of the image. The color palette consists of earthy browns for the birds and mound, with touches of green in the grass and subtle hints of grey and white in the birds' feathers and the mushrooms. The male bird is on the left side of the image standing on the mound, and the female bird is positioned to the right, slightly higher on the mound, with both looking upwards towards the insect hovering above.
Artwork Details
- Date
- 1827
- Medium
- etching and engraving with hand coloring on Whatman paper
- Dimensions
- 2475 × 1603 px
- Public Domain
- Yes
- Museum Record
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