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Arctic Tern

Robert Havell after John James Audubon

National Gallery of Art

This is a print showing a bird diving towards water with its wings and tail spread out. The bird has a thin pink beak and pink feet, a black patch on the top of its head, a white throat and tail, and a gray body and wings. The background shows a gray-blue sky with heavy clouds and a blue, slightly wavy ocean below. The print is surrounded by a border of off-white paper, and there are some lines of text below it.

Artwork Details

Date
1835
Medium
hand-colored engraving and aquatint on Whatman wove paper
Dimensions
1954 × 2936 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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