Ruby-crowned Kinglet

Date1841

After work by John James Audubon 1785 - 1851

Artist/Maker John T. Bowen

OriginAmerica, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia

MediumLithograph with period color

DimensionsOH: 6 3/4" x OW: 10 3/8"

Credit LineGift of Barnett Shepherd

Object number2018-269,26

DescriptionUpper margin reads: "N.o 27./ Pl. 133."
Lower margin reads: "Ruby-crowned Kinglet/ 1. Male. 2. Female./ Kalmia augustifolia./ Drawn from Nature by J.J. Audubon, F.R.S.F.L.S./ Lith.d Printed & Col.d by J.T. Bowen, Philad.a"ProvenanceBefore 2006, Monmouth Antique Shoppes (Red Bank, NJ); 2006, purchased by Barnett Shepherd (Staten Island, NY); 2018-present, given to the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (Williamsburg, VA).