AUDUBON, John James (1785 - 1851), Black Vulture, (Plate 106), 1827–1838

JOHN JAMES AUDUBON (1785 - 1851)

Black Vulture, Plate 106

From the Birds of America

Aquatint engraving with original hand color

London: Robert Havell, 1827–1838

Paper size: 25 1/4 x 38 in.

“The Carrion Crow and Turkey-Buzzard possess great power of recollection, so as to recognise at a great distance a person who has shot at them, and even the horse on which he rides. On several occasions I have observed that they would fly off at my approach, after I had trapped several, when they took no notice of other individuals; and they avoided my horse in the pastures, after I had made use of him to approach and shoot them. “ -Audubon’s Ornithological Biography, 1831.