Goshawk, Stanley Hawk (No. 29)
Medium
Dimensions
38 1/4 x 24 1/4
Classification
Prints
Department
Robert Lehman Collection
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Robert Lehman Collection, 1975
Accession Number
1975.1.2506
Art Historical Context
John James Audubon's *Goshawk, Stanley Hawk (No. 29)*, created in 1830, is a stunning example from his monumental *The Birds of America* series—one of the most ambitious natural history projects in art history. Published between 1827 and 1838 in London, this double-elephant folio edition featured life-size depictions of over 400 North American bird species, printed on massive sheets measuring up to 39 inches tall. Audubon, a self-taught artist and ornithologist who immigrated from France to America, revolutionized bird illustration by posing specimens dramatically in their natural habitats, bl...
About the Artist
John James Audubon · 1785–1851
American Naturalist, painter, and draughtsman of French–Creole descent. Brought up in a French village near Nantes, moved to and worked in the the United States.