Whooping Crane

Artist John James Audubon (American, 1785 - 1851)

Lithographer John T. Bowen (American, 1801 - 1856)

Datec. 1839

Mediumlithograph on white wove paper, hand-colored

DimensionsOctavo: 10 1/4 × 6 7/8 inches (26 × 17.5 cm)

Credit LineBequest of H.J. Lutcher Stark, 1965

Object number11.1.7.120

ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionAudubon thought this bird was a young Whooping Crane, but it is a Sandhill Crane. Current name: Sandhill Crane, Grus Canadensis (Linnaeus).

ProvenancePurchased September 11, 1957 through (Nada Kramar, Washington, D.C.) by H.J. Lutcher Stark [1887-1965]; bequeathed September 2, 1965 to the Nelda C. and H.J. Lutcher Stark Foundation; accessioned to the Stark Museum of Art

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