The Night-Jar, woodcut vignette by Thomas Bewick
A nightjar, a mottled brown bird with a wide head and small bill, rests on a mossy branch beside low shrubs. Its feathers are rendered in dense black-and-white hatching on a cream sheet, with the title and Latin caption printed beneath.
- Artist
- Thomas Bewick
- Date
- n.d.
- Medium
- Woodcut on ivory wove paper
- Source
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Size
- 1686 × 1353 px
Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1828).
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Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Art Institute of Chicago, is_public_domain=true)
Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Prints and Drawings Special Account