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.

This wonderful little lithograph shows both male and female hawks - and victim bird.

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