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Great American Cock, Male (Wild Turkey)

19 November, 2012 (07:52) | Rare Book Collection, drawings (visual works) | By: Ralph Scott

Source:  Rare QL674.A9 2006 Staff Person: Ralph Scott Description: Study for the Great American Cock, Male one of the major plates in the large elephant folio edition of Birds of America by John James Audubon (1785-1851), artist, and William Home Lizars (1788-1859), engraving done around 1826, in Lousiana. Watercolor on paper, 37 ­x 25 1/2 inches. This print is from [...]