In Art
John James Audubon illustrates the "Sharp-tailed Grous(sic)- Tetrao phasianellus" as Plate 382 in Birds of America, published London, 1827–38. The original watercolour by Audubon, from which this print was engraved by Robert Havell in 1837, shows the two grouse separated. However, the constraints of Audubon's wish have the birds illustrated life-size and the maximum page size forced Havell to overlap the birds in the final print. The original watercolour is owned by the New York History Society.
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