Cardinal Grosbeak (Plate 159) by John James Audubon, 1827–1838, framed print

Cardinal Grosbeak (Plate 159)

John James Audubon, 1827–1838

Birds

Plate 159 of John James Audubon's The Birds of America, engraved by Robert Havell in London. It shows a male and female Northern Cardinal, which Audubon called the Cardinal Grosbeak, on a flowering branch. The bright red male sits above the brown female. This copy belongs to the University of Pittsburgh.

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