Thursday, October 13, 2022

Audubon’s Raven lands in the Library!

October is settling in, and spooky season is underway . . . even in the library! Visit us now through November 8 to see the Raven (plate 101) on display in the Audubon case in our main reading room. The male raven is depicted perched amongst the leaves of the shellbark hickory tree.

Of the raven, Audubon wrote, "There, through the clear and rarefied atmosphere, the Raven spreads his glossy wings and tail, and, as he onward sails, rises higher and higher each bold sweep that he makes, as if conscious that the nearer he approaches the sun, the more splendent will become the tints of his plumage." If you look closely at this image, you can see that the various tints are visible in this image. Read Audubon’s full account here.