Bat
Classification:
Date:
c. 1841
Medium:
Watercolor, black ink, and graphite on sketchbook paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 5/8 x 13 1/8 in. ( 19.4 x 33.3 cm )
Description:
A view of the front of a large-eared bat who's identity created confusion for Audubon. It is identified by several Latin inscriptions that have been crossed out and added to repeatedly. Audubon seems to have settled on a sub-species of the Vespertilio or Plecotis family.
Object Number:
Z.3309
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower right in brown ink: "Plecotus / Molussus[crossed out] macrotis Le Conte / carolinenis Geoff -- crossed out] / vespertilio mousgic[?] Desm. Moun / Nycticaea cynocephala Le Conte[crossed out] / Plecotis Lecontii Cooper / Molussus cynocephalus Cooper[crossed out]"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1841
eMuseum Object ID:
46427
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Bat; profile sketch of head
Classification:
Date:
c. 1841
Medium:
Watercolor, pastel, graphite, and black ink on sketchbook paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 5/8 x 13 1/8 in. ( 19.4 x 33.3 cm )
Description:
A view of a bat from the back with wings spread, called Vespertilio monticola, Bach. by John Woodhouse Audubon. A tiny, very detailed graphite drawing of the head in profile is included on this page. Formerly S-26.
Object Number:
Z.3308
Marks:
inscription: brown ink over graphite, l.r.: Vespertilio [illegilble word crossed out L...i] monticola [superscript], Bach./cut
inscription: graphite, l.r.:"Drawn by John W. Audubon"
inscription: g. l.r.: Brot/c[?] Draw/cut off
inscription: Small graphi
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at middle left in graphite: "profile view --"; at lower right in graphite: brot=[cut] / C Draw[cut]"; above: "Drawn by John W Audubon" above in brown ink: "Vespertilio [illegible word crossed out] monticola[above] Bach"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1841
eMuseum Object ID:
46426
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Bat; sketch of an ear
Classification:
Date:
c. 1841
Medium:
Watercolor, pastel, and graphite with scratching out on sketchbook paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 5/8 x 13 1/8 in. ( 19.4 x 33.3 cm )
Description:
A view of the front of a bat that Audubon called Vespertilio noctincycius [?], LeConte. Includes a small graphite detail of the ear structure.
Object Number:
Z.3307
Marks:
inscription: brown ink l.r. Vespertilio/noctincycuis [?] LeConte/ v. Audubonii Harlan
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at middle right in brown ink: "Vestpertilio / nocturcycius[?] Le Conte / V. Audubonii Harlan"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1841
eMuseum Object ID:
46425
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Hoary Bat
Classification:
Date:
c. 1841
Medium:
Watercolor, pastel, and graphite with scratching out on sketchbook paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 5/8 x 13 1/8 in. ( 19.4 x 33.3 cm )
Description:
A view of the back of a bat that Audubon called Vespertilio priunosus[?] or the hoary bat. The hoary bat is a large bat, dark and furry, with a widespread range in the western hemisphere, from Hawaii east to Iceland and south to Bermuda. Audubon's nomenclature does not match the modern terminology for this species. Formerly S-24.
Object Number:
Z.3306
Marks:
inscription: brown ink l.r. " an unnatural figure/ Verpertilio priunosus/ Hoary Bat"
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower right of center in brown ink: "Vespertilio / priunosus / Hoary Bat"; at lower right: "an unnatural / figure"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1841
eMuseum Object ID:
46377
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Bat (Rhinopoma carolinensis?)
Classification:
Date:
c. 1841
Medium:
Watercolor, pastel, and graphite on a page from a sketchbook with binding and irregular deckled edge
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 5/8 x 13 1/8 in. ( 19.4 x 33.3 cm )
Description:
A view of a bat from the front, possibly drawn by John James Audubon's son John Woodhouse Audubon. Several possible genus and species names were inscribed indicating that the Audubons were unsure of the classification of this individual. Formerly S-23.
Object Number:
Z.3305
Inscriptions:
Inscribed in graphite at the lower left [cut]: "nopoma Carolinensis Geoff.."; at lower left of center in brown ink: "an accurate / f igure / It cannot be a Molossus"; at lower right: "Molossus. / carolinensis Geoff / Nyotcaja[?] / cynocephala LeConte / Molussus / cynocephalus Cooper"; at lower right in graphite: "c"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1841
eMuseum Object ID:
46376
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Studies of Two Bats
Classification:
Date:
1841
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, pastel, black ink and gouache on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 19 x 12 in. ( 48.3 x 30.5 cm )
Description:
Two views of a bat, from the rear and hanging, drawn from a live specimen captured at Minnie's Land, Audubon's New York home. In this drawing, Audubon concentrated on the bat's wings and added inscribed comments on the aerodynamic properties of the bat's physical structure. Formerly S-20.
Object Number:
Z.3304
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at the upper right in graphite: “If we look at the construction / of the wings of Bats, along with / their internal Structure, It will / appear as if probable that should / our own species ever attempt to / pass[?] through[?] the air with wings / they will have to be constructed / on the principle of belonging to / these most curious animals”; at the lower right: "Vespertilio noctivagans, Le Conte. -- / Caught alive on Minies Land, Island of N.Y. / Dec.r 7th 1841 -- drawn at N. York / from life Dec. 18, 1841--/ J.J.A"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1841
eMuseum Object ID:
46308
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Study of a Bat
Classification:
Date:
1841
Medium:
Watercolor, pastel, and graphite, with touches of black ink and selective glazing on paper
Dimensions:
overall:: 12 1/2 x 15 in. ( 31.8 x 38.1 cm )
Description:
This female mother bat was observed by Audubon living in the eaves of an outhouse in New Jersey. She was raising two young bats, probably males, as Audubon described them as much darker but with the same ear structures as the female. View from below. Formerly S-21.
Object Number:
Z.3303
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at upper center in graphite: "Fig. 1. female."; at upper right: “The Young late in July, Stil hang to the / Dam although almost as large as herself -- / They both (for she had only two) were already / black above and beneath, and could not have / been recognized as appertaining to the Same / Species had it not been for the form of / the Ears! -- / The Specimen were found / in the same location, the heave [sic] / of an outhouse, to which they had access through a small apperture. / July 31st, 1841 New Jersey, found by J. Cozzens. JJA"
inscription: "10 vertebrae in the tail"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1841
eMuseum Object ID:
46307
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Studies of Two Bats and a Bat Head; verso diagrams of comparative measurements
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Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1841
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, pastel, and black ink with selective glazing and scratching out on paper
Dimensions:
overall:: 19 x 11 7/8 in. ( 48.3 x 30.2 cm )
Description:
Front view of male and view of female hanging of the bat Audubon called the Carolina bat. A tiny, very detailed, close-up graphite sketch of the bat's head in profile is included on this sheet. Formerly S-18.
Object Number:
Z.3302
Inscriptions:
Inscribed in graphite at the upper right: “Drawn from the Life! / Female New York, Oct.r --29th 1841. / Rhinopoma carolinensis. Geoff. / Dysopes obscurus. -- Femmin 16[?] -- / Nycticea cynocephala Le Conte. / Molussus cynocephlus, Cooper. / Molussus fuliginosus, Cooper.-- / Nix! And & Bach !!!.”; lower right: “Male. –“; lower left under graphite sketch of head: “head nearly profile,”; verso vertically along left margin: "Extent of wings stretched out" (line of measurement); over diagram: "to end
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1841
eMuseum Object ID:
46306
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Self-Portrait (1903-1974)
Classification:
Date:
c. 1965-66
Medium:
Black chalk/charcoal? on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 19 x 12 11/16 in. ( 48.3 x 32.2 cm )
Description:
Self-portrait: Bust of the artist wearing a hat.
Credit Line:
Gift of Joan Gubin Tolchin
Object Number:
2002.29
Inscriptions:
Dated at lower right: "1965-6"
Gallery Label:
Donor is the artist's grand daughter.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1965
eMuseum Object ID:
46261
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Fraktur: Certificate of the Birth and Baptism of Peter Lang in Berks County, Pennsylvania
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Collections:
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1803
Medium:
Watercolor, brown ink, and gouache on beige paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 5/8 x 12 3/4 in. ( 21.9 x 32.4 cm )
Description:
Fraktur: Horizontal rectangular sheet with handwritten German inscription enclosed in a heart in the center; decoration in sepia and bright pink watercolor consisting of a flower in each upper corner and a bird in each lower corner.
Credit Line:
Elie Nadelman, Museum of Folk Arts, Riverdale-on-Hudson, Bronx, New York
Object Number:
1937.1811
Inscriptions:
Inscribed in German at center: "Peter Lang / ist geboren den 3ten Mertz 1803 in Pennsyl. / in Berks Cownty in Longswain Townschip. / Der Vater war Peter Lang und die / Mutter Elizabetha eine geborne / Küferin und wurde getauft von Hn. Henr / Helfrig. Taufzeugen waren Peter / Küfer und seine Frau / Maria."
Gallery Label:
The Pennsylvania Germans practiced a manuscript art called Frakturschrift or Zierschrift in German ("fraktur" in museum and collecting terminology). This art form, combining calligraphy with decorative motifs in ink and watercolor, was produced widely in Pennsylvania and in German settlements in other states from the mid-18th to the mid-19th century.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1803
eMuseum Object ID:
46220
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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