Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus), Havell plate no. 106
Collections:
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1829
Medium:
Watercolor, pastel, black chalk, collage, black ink, and graphite with selective glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 23 7/16 x 36 1/4 in. (59.5 x 92.1 cm)
Mat: 39 x 53 in. (99.1 x 134.6 cm)
Description:
Two adult Black Vultures with the head of a White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus).
Credit Line:
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number:
1863.17.106
Gallery Label:
Bird on left and deer's head painted in 1829; second bird added later; Audubon presented a scientific paper in 1826 regarding the vultures in which he asserted that the birds rely on sight rather than smell to locate food; his theory that vultures have an underdeveloped sense of smell met resistance at the time but was later confirmed through experiments
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1829
eMuseum Object ID:
28482
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Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos), Havell plate no. 181
Exhibitions:
Collections:
Classification:
Is owned by NYHS:
Yes
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1833
Medium:
Watercolor, pastel, graphite, black ink, and black chalk with touches of gouache and selective glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 38 1/8 x 25 1/2 in. (96.8 x 64.8 cm)
Mat: 53 x 39 in. (134.6 x 99.1 cm)
Description:
Adult female
Credit Line:
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number:
1863.17.181
Marks:
Watermark: JWHATMAN / 18[?]
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower right of center in black ink: "Aquila Chrysaëtos Senr / Golden Eagle Female adult / JJA[cut]"
Gallery Label:
Colored engraving without man crossing the gorge in N-YHS collections; Audubon purchased a live specimen of this bird and observed it for several days; It took Audubon 14 days to complete this watercolor, more than any other except for the Wild tukey
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1833
eMuseum Object ID:
28444
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Herring Gull (Larus argentatus)
Collections:
Classification:
Is owned by NYHS:
Yes
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, pastel, black chalk, and gouache with touches of black ink on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 20 7/8 x 29 1/8 in. (53 x 74 cm)
Mat: 38 × 52 in. (96.5 × 132.1 cm)
Credit Line:
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon; Adopt-an-Audubon Bird sponsor: Barbara Paddock and Jordan Sprechman
Object Number:
1863.18.38
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower left in graphite: "49, 242"; at lower right[crossed out]: "Larus..."
Gallery Label:
The background flora has been identified as
Date Begin:
1831
Date End:
1831
eMuseum Object ID:
28405
Exclude from TMS update:
OFF
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Bonaparte's Gull (Chroicocephalus philadelphia)
Collections:
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1820
Medium:
Pastel, graphite, watercolor, and black ink on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 11 5/16 x 17 3/16 in. (28.7 x 43.7 cm)
Mat: 23 x 29 in. (58.4 x 73.7 cm)
Description:
Winter plummage. Audubon originally called this species the "Cincinnati Gull", but later renamed it "Bonaparte's Gull", in honor of naturalist Charles Lucien Bonaparte (1803-57)
Credit Line:
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number:
1863.18.26
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower left in graphite: "No. XXX"; to right in brown ink: "Draw from Nature & from the Living Bird / by John. J. Audubon Cincinnati Ohio Augt. 19. 1820"; at lower center in graphite: "Cincinati Gull ---"; at lower right: "37"
Gallery Label:
The background flora has been identified as
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1820
eMuseum Object ID:
28404
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Dendroica coronata), Havell plate no. 153
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Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Medium:
Watercolor, pastel, graphite, and black ink on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 16 x 10 13/16 in. (40.6 x 27.5 cm), irregular
Mat: 29 x 23 in. (73.7 x 58.4 cm)
Credit Line:
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number:
1863.18.11
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at middle right in black ink: "The head and back / Olive brown --- / The rump yellow as it is / Wing, tail & throat & under parts / as it is. ---"; at upper right corner: "53"
Gallery Label:
The background flora has been identified as
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
28402
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Rose-breasted Grosbeak (Pheucticus ludovicianus); sketch of the underside of a wing
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Classification:
Is owned by NYHS:
Yes
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1810
Medium:
Pastel, graphite, and black chalk on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 12 3/4 x 8 1/4 in. (32.4 x 21 cm)
Mat: 29 x 23 in. (73.7 x 58.4 cm)
Credit Line:
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon; Adopt-an-Audubon Bird sponsor: Louise Mirrer
Object Number:
1863.18.6
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower left in brown ink: \"No 182.\"; below: \"Indiana territory opposite the Red Banks K.y[cut] / Sepr 16th 1810\"; at lower center in graphite: \"The Variegated Grosbill. -- / Loxia\"; at lower right in graphite: \"J.J.Audubon\"; at middle right, diagonally under wing detail: \"view of the under Couvers[coverts] of the Wing\"
Gallery Label:
The background flora has been identified as
Prior Exhibitions:
\"John James Audubon's Birds of North America: The Original Watercolors,\" New-York Historical Society, April 8-September 14, 1985.
Date Begin:
1810
Date End:
1810
eMuseum Object ID:
28401
Exclude from TMS update:
OFF
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Fire Scene
Classification:
Medium:
Oil on board
Dimensions:
Overall: 22 1/2 x 16 1/2 in. ( 57.2 x 41.9 cm )
Credit Line:
Bequest of Samuel Verplanck Hoffman
Object Number:
1943.393
Marks:
Signature: LRC : "Ricd. W. Rummell"
Label: Dealer's label: "F.W. Lincoln and co./Manufacturers of/[cut off]"
Inscriptions:
Signed at lower in brown oil: "Rich'd W. Rummell"
Gallery Label:
This painting depicts a spectuacular late nineteenth-century fire scene of the destruction of a five-story corner building and a towering adjacent structure. The site is not identified.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
28366
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1820
Medium:
Pastel, black chalk, watercolor, graphite, black ink, and gouache with touches of scratching out on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 25 1/2 x 38 5/16 in. (64.8 x 97.3 cm)
Mat: 39 x 53 in. (99.1 x 134.6 cm)
Description:
Male
Credit Line:
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number:
1863.18.40
Marks:
Watermark: JWHATMAN
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at middle left vertically in graphite: "No 9. Plate 41 -- / White headed Eagle -- Male -- / Falco-Leucocephalus -- / ...[cut]"; at lower right in two parts in brown ink?, the first gone over in white lead pigment: "White Headed Eagle / Falco Leucocephalus."; "Drawn from Nature by J.J. Audubon / Little Prairie Mississipi November 24, 182[cut]"; next to tail feathers in graphite: "12"
Gallery Label:
Audubon was dissatisfied with this composition and, while in London in 1828, copied the eagle and replaced the goose with a catfish from another earlier painting
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1820
eMuseum Object ID:
28356
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea)
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1821
Medium:
Pastel, watercolor, gouache, graphite, and black ink on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 18 7/16 x 23 3/8 in. (46.8 x 59.4 cm)
Mat: 27 x 35 in. (68.6 x 88.9 cm)
Credit Line:
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number:
1863.18.39
Marks:
Watermark: [cut]Y MILLS / [cut]TMAN
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower left in black and brown ink: "Drawn From Nature by John. J. Audubon / New Orleans March 20th 1821"; at lower center in graphite: "66 / Blue Heron Ardea Cerulea} AWilson"; at lower right of center in black ink: "Male."; at lower right: "Total length 30 1/2 Inches / to End of tail -- 23 1/2" / Breadth 39 1/4" / Tail Feathers 12 --- / Weight ---- 11 ozes"
Gallery Label:
The background flora has been identified as
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
28354
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Steller's Eider (Polysticta stelleri), Havell plate no. 429
Collections:
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
c. 1836-38
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, pastel, and black ink with scratching out on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 14 3/4 x 21 5/8 in. (37.5 x 54.9 cm)
Mat: 23 x 29 in. (58.4 x 73.7 cm)
Description:
Includes a very faint detail sketch of tail
Credit Line:
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number:
1863.18.37
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at left vertically in graphite over erased inscriptions[erased and partially illegible]: "[next to a 2 inch line] Limit[Lingth?] of smaller tail feather, -- / total lingth[sic] of the wing -- the entire but of / the wing as far as [minor?]…pure white -- and I think the black / Spot in front of it in very firm[?] birds may mark a... / collar -- --, this specimen is a very beautiful one -- / I think the whole under parts has faded greatly -- / since shot ---"; at right [partially erased]: "... / 14 tail feathers --- / [line 1/4 inch] length of tarsus / [short line]...outer toe nail... / [short line]...inner -- -- / First primary longest --- / and wing feathers broader / [curved line diagram] with as much and base --- . / Secondaries blue and terminating / in a band of white --- / Scapulius -- long … / the upper Vail white the lower of / each feather tip blue or black / in different lights -- / the neck shorter -- / the general form that of the / Harlequin duck -- / bills and feet also -- -- / beneath dark but not… / black, under tail coverts / indian ink black. -- / upper tail coverts Del[?]... / whole back Del[?]…er green[cut] / in the bright light -- / see colours of any / Known --Kill'd at... / near -- Yarmouth 1830 -- / in Yarrell --"
Gallery Label:
The background flora has been identified as
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
28353
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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