Bird of Washington (Audubon) — Medium
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
- 96 × 171
- Colours
- 28
- Finished size
- 17 × 31 cm (6.9″ × 12.2″)
Threads
28 colours, most used first.
- DMC 3078 Golden Yellow Very Light3,531 stitches
- DMC 310 Black2,601 stitches
- DMC 745 Yellow Pale Light1,770 stitches
- DMC 3371 Black Brown1,449 stitches
- DMC 829 Golden Olive Very Dark1,036 stitches
- DMC 938 Coffee Brown Ultra Dark659 stitches
- DMC 677 Old Gold Very Light560 stitches
- DMC 830 Golden Olive Dark449 stitches
- DMC 831 Golden Olive Medium437 stitches
- DMC 898 Coffee Brown Very Dark410 stitches
- DMC 780 Topaz Ultra Very Dark410 stitches
- DMC 934 Avocado Green Black342 stitches
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