Item Summary

Descriptive Information

Title
Red Shouldered Hawk A. Wills : Falco lineatus. / J. Audubon.
Call Number
HSV/8 F/GC154/Archival box GA 2022.00315
Identifier
ark:/88435/cz30q317v
Publisher
1809.
Language
Multiple languages
Date Created
1809
Extent
1 drawing : pencil and crayon on paper ; sheet 55.5 x 42.7 cm
Provenance
From the collection of Edward Harris, friend of Audubon.
Source Acquisition
Gift of Edwin N. Benson, Jr., Class of 1899 and Mrs. Benson in memory of their son, Peter Benson, Class of 1938.
References
Princeton University Library Chronicle, Vol. XV, No. 4 (Summer 1954), pp. 169-178
Princeton University Library Chronicle, Vol. XXI, Nos. 1 & 2 (Autumn 1959 & Winter 1960), p. 27
Rights Statement
No Known Copyright
Notes
Original drawing for Birds of America.
Titled in ink, lower center.
Signed in ink, lower center.
Inscribed in ink, lower left: "No. 127".
Inscribed in ink, lower right: "Chute de L'Ohio. 29th Novembre, 1809. Cet oiseaux est très sauvage et difficile à tuer".

Discovery Information

Subject
Birds—North America—Pictorial works
Falcons—North America—Pictorial works
Ornithological illustration—19th century—Design
Pencil drawings—19th century

Physical Characteristics

File Count
1

Institutional Information

Collection
Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
Holding location
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IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/e186d70c-b702-42ed-9750-d84c5782ec2e/manifest