Hermit Thrush
John James Audubon · 1820 · black chalk, watercolor, and gouache over graphite
Public domain
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About this picture
Hermit Thrush is a public-domain drawing by John James Audubon, dated 1820. Black chalk, watercolor, and gouache over graphite. The file comes from National Gallery of Art.
“Hermit Thrush” (1820) is a bird plate in the manner of The Birds of America: life-size, posed from both field observation and specimens.
About the artist
John James Audubon (1785–1851) published The Birds of America in large hand-colored plates. The birds are drawn life-size, often in a pose he had studied from specimens as well as from the field.
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