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Cock of the Plains
Cock of the Plains

Cock of the Plains

Artist/Maker John James Audubon United States, b. Santo Domingo, 1785 - 1851
Date1837
MediumHand-Colored Engraving
Dimensionsimage: 25 × 38 in. (63.5 × 96.5 cm) frame: 36 1/4 × 47 3/4 in. (92.1 × 121.3 cm)
Credit LineJKM Collection, National Museum of Wildlife Art
Object numberM1996.041
ClassificationsPrint
On View
Not on view
DescriptionTwo birds stand facing each other on rocks. The bird on the right bends down to the ground, the bird on the left looks out in the distance. Havell edition (Double-Elephant Folio). Plate CCCLXXI.
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