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Canvas-backed Duck

Robert Havell after John James Audubon

National Gallery of Art

This is a painting of three ducks by a lakeside with a cityscape in the background. The painting depicts three ducks. One duck is leaning down to drink from the lake, another stands on a rock, and a third duck is wading in the water. The background shows a distant city across the water under a subtly colored sky with fluffy clouds.

Artwork Details

Date
1836
Medium
hand-colored engraving and aquatint on Whatman wove paper
Dimensions
5309 × 3647 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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