# The Upper Part of a Door

- By: Félix Henri Bracquemond (French, 1833–1914)
- Date: 1852
- Medium: Etching and drypoint on off-white laid paper, laid down on ivory wove paper
- Classification: Print
- Dimensions: Plate: 30.5 × 40 cm (12 1/16 × 15 3/4 in.); Primary support: 28.5 × 38.7 cm (11 1/4 × 15 1/4 in.); Secondary support: 46.5 × 36 cm (18 5/16 × 14 3/16 in.)
- Culture: France
- Credit line: Estate of Robert Forsyth
- Museum: [Art Institute of Chicago](https://www.artic.edu/artworks/41310)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://www.artic.edu/iiif/2/d8af447a-d84b-992f-df15-bec13a7b327f/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

At the age of nineteen, Felix Braquemond executed this print, one of the best-known works of his career. On an old barn door are nailed a crow and an owl flanking a bat; beneath them is a spar­row hawk. The small message tacked to the door beneath the birds warns against the dangers of man's predatory nature.

Description © Art Institute of Chicago, CC BY 4.0