Sharp-shinned Hawk - Enemy of Small Birds and Chickens, c1908

by Fuertes, Louis Agassiz

Female Sharp-shinned Hawk, and male with prey.
[Upper figure, immature female; lower figure, adult male. One-half natural size.]

Antique print of a hawk. Original colour-printed lithograph by Louis Agassiz Fuertes for the Yearbook of the United States Department of Agriculture published in 1908.

Born in Ithaca, New York, Louis Agassiz Fuertes(1874-1927) was an ornithologist, artist and illustrator. His bird illustrations are considered some of the most accurate and natural depictions of birds.

Page size is 22 x 13cm (8.5 x 5.25 inches) Narrow/damaged paper edge at left.