Bird of Washington (Audubon) — Large
by Knytstudio
Plate 11 of Birds of America by John James Audubon depicting Bird of Washington. Originally claimed by Audubon to be a different, significantly bigger, already very rare species, most subsequent ornithologists generally considered it was a misidentified juvenile Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus . However, recent detailed investigation (Halley, M. R. 2020, Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 140 (2): 110-141 ) has shown it to be a case of scientific fraud, based not on a specimen as Audubon claimed, but by copying older drawings of other smaller eagles. His motive is thought to be to raise funds for and interest in his forthcoming Birds of America book.
- Stitches
- 129 × 229
- Colours
- 40
- Finished size
- 23 × 42 cm (9.2″ × 16.4″)
Threads
40 colours, most used first.
- DMC 3078 Golden Yellow Very Light6,382 stitches
- DMC 310 Black5,035 stitches
- DMC 745 Yellow Pale Light3,393 stitches
- DMC 3371 Black Brown2,496 stitches
- DMC 829 Golden Olive Very Dark1,586 stitches
- DMC 938 Coffee Brown Ultra Dark1,154 stitches
- DMC 677 Old Gold Very Light1,120 stitches
- DMC 780 Topaz Ultra Very Dark720 stitches
- DMC 898 Coffee Brown Very Dark711 stitches
- DMC 830 Golden Olive Dark708 stitches
- DMC 934 Avocado Green Black653 stitches
- DMC 831 Golden Olive Medium614 stitches
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