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Red-winged Starling, Female Red-winged Starling, Black-poll Warbler, and Lesser Red-poll

Alexander Lawson after Alexander Wilson

National Gallery of Art

The image shows four birds. The largest bird is black with red and yellow accents, flying at the top. Below, a starling with a speckled brown and black pattern is perched on a tree stump. Next to it is a smaller bird with white, black, and yellow colors. Further down, there is a bird with a red crown, pink chest, and brown and white back. The color palette includes black, red, brown, white, yellow, and pink. The birds are positioned with the flying black bird at the top, the starling on the left of the stump, the smaller bird on the right of the stump, and the bird with the red crown near a small patch of grass at the bottom.

Artwork Details

Date
published 1808-1814
Medium
hand-colored engraving with etching on wove paper
Dimensions
3616 × 4506 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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