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Townsend's Warbler, Arctic Blue Bird and Western Blue Bird

Robert Havell after John James Audubon

National Gallery of Art

The image shows five colorful birds perched on intertwining branches with red flowers and green leaves. The birds display a variety of colors, including shades of blue, yellow, brown, and orange. A yellow and black bird is positioned at the top left, a bright blue bird with a reddish underbelly is on the right, a brown and white bird is in the center, a dark bird with blue and brown plumage is at the bottom left, and an orange and blue bird is on the right. The birds are evenly distributed across the branches in different orientations.

Artwork Details

Date
1837
Medium
hand-colored engraving and aquatint on Whatman wove paper
Dimensions
1903 × 2888 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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