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Cliff Swallow

Artwork title: Cliff Swallow

Two black, white, red, and tan birds are perched on a grouping of conical mud nests. A third bird of the same coloration rests within a nest. (Accompanying text pages 177-80 stored in actual file in filing cabinet) First octavo edition.

Year: 1840

Artist: John James Audubon

Lithograph
— Hand-colored lithograph
Ink on Paper
Sheet Size: 10 3/16 x 6 9/16 in.
French American (b. Haiti)
1785-1851
Museum purchase with funds provided by The Louise Hauss Miller Endowment
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