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National Gallery of Art

216 works

Hand-colored print of two sicklebill birds of paradise on a branch, one male with red wing plumes and a curved black bill.

Drepanornis albertisi (Black-billed Sicklebill Bird of Paradise)

John Gould and W. Hart

Hand-colored plate of Sickle-billed Birds of Paradise with long iridescent tails perched on branches among tropical leaves.

Epimachus speciosus (Sickle-billed Bird of Paradise)

Hand-colored print of a male and female red-headed duck on a muddy bank beside marsh reeds, with a peach sky behind.

Red-Headed Duck

Robert Havell after John James Audubon, 1836

Hand-colored plate of two Diphyllodes chrysoptera birds of paradise on branches with berries and leaves.

Diphyllodes chrysoptera (Magnificent Bird of Paradise)

John Gould and W. Hart

Hand-colored plate of two perched songbirds with detail studies of a tail and two heads with dark caps.

Birds - U.S.P.R.R. Exp. & Surveys, 35th Parallel

Unknown artist

Hand-colored print of two shoveller ducks on a rocky ledge by water, a male with spread wings facing a female amid tall reeds

Shoveller Duck

Robert Havell after John James Audubon, 1836

Hand-colored lithograph of two green fruit doves with grey necks and orange foreheads on a rocky ledge among reeds.

Two Birds (Ptilonopus Auranthfrons)

Hand-colored plate of a rufous-crowned bird with a black mask and white throat standing among grass and leaves.

Bird (Larvivora Ruficeps)

Unknown artist

Hand-colored print of a male and female Pied Duck on rocks by the sea, the male in flight with wings spread.

Pied Duck

Robert Havell after John James Audubon, 1836

Hand-colored engraving of two small green parrots with red and blue feathers perched on a branch.

Parrot (Le Perroquet Indien. Psittacus Minimus)

Johann Michael Seligmann after George Edwards

Hand-colored engraving of a green touraco bird with a tall crest and long red-brown tail perched on a branch.

The Touraco Bird

Unknown artist

Hand-colored print of two green herons among broad leaves, reeds and river stones, with a large moth above.

Green Heron

Robert Havell after John James Audubon, 1836

Hand-colored engraving of a brown parrot with green wings and red and blue tail feathers perched on a bare branch.

Parrot (Le Perroquet Brunatre. Pfittacus Fulcus Mexicanus)

Johann Sebastian Leitner after George Edwards

Hand-colored plate of two reddish-brown rail birds with barred flanks standing among grasses on sandy ground.

Birds of Philippines

John Gerrard Keulemans

Hand-colored print of two yellow-crowned herons, one perched on a branch above calm water, with green vine leaves.

Yellow-crowned Heron

Robert Havell after John James Audubon, 1836

Hand-colored engraving of three birds: a dark blackbird on a branch, a yellow warbler on a twig, and a lark finch on the grou

Female Crow Blackbird, Orange-Crowned Warbler, Lark Finch

Alexander Lawson after Titian Ramsay Peale

Hand-colored print of three green hummingbirds in flight beside clusters of red and yellow tubular flowers.

Three Hummingbirds with Plant

Heinrich Gottlieb Ludwig Reichenbach

Hand-coloured print of a male duck with green head and orange bill standing among reeds and rocks.

Bemaculated Duck

Robert Havell after John James Audubon, 1836

Hand-colored engraving of five flycatchers on branches, with four bird eggs and an insect, numbered plate 13.

Five Birds with Their Eggs and an Insect

Alexander Lawson after Alexander Wilson, published 1808/1814

Stag with antlers beside a marsh at dusk, with a heron standing in the reeds and another flying overhead.

Le Soir. Cerf et Herons

Hand-colored print of four ruddy ducks in different plumages, a male on a mossy rock, others swimming on water.

Ruddy Duck

Robert Havell after John James Audubon, 1836

Hand-colored engraving of a duck on a shore with a bush, a bat flying overhead, and rough sea waves behind.

La chauve-souris, le buisson et le canard (The Bat, the Bush, and the Duck)

Pierre-Philippe Choffard after Jean-Baptiste Oudry, published 1759

Etched landscape with two herons on a riverbank beside shrubs, reeds and a shallow stream with lily pads.

Herons

Hand-colored engraving of a male and female gadwall duck standing on a rocky ledge beside water, by Havell after Audubon.

Gadwall Duck

Robert Havell after John James Audubon, 1836

Hand-colored engraving of a boy by a column, a fallen parrot on steps, and onlookers looking up at a parrot in a tree.

Les deux perroquets, le roi et son fils (Two Parrots, the King, and His Son)

Antoine Radigues after Jean-Baptiste Oudry, published 1759

Four etched vignettes of geese, a swan, a heron and a stork in marshy landscapes, printed in sepia tones.

Oies, Cygnes, herons

Hand-colored print of a trumpeter swan with curved neck resting among tall marsh grasses, by Havell after Audubon, 1837.

Trumpeter Swan

Robert Havell after John James Audubon, 1837

Brown ink drawing of a bird with spread wings perched on a curved branch with fruit, by Andrea Mantegna.

A Bird Perched on a Branch with Fruit

Andrea Mantegna, 1460s (?)

Etching of a swan on water above a standing heron on a muddy shore with plants and mushrooms.

Cygne, heron

Hand-colored engraving of two Hawk Owls, one perched on a branch and one diving headfirst with wings spread.

Hawk Owl

Robert Havell after John James Audubon, 1837