Rock Ptarmigan (Lagopus muta) and White-tailed Ptarmigan (Lagopus leucura), Havell plate no. 418

Classification: 
Date: 
1838
Medium: 
Watercolor and graphite with touches of black chalk and gouache, and scraping on two sheets of paper, laid on card
Dimensions: 
Paper: 10 7/16 x 23 3/16 in. (26.5 x 58.9 cm) Left Sheet: 10 7/16 x 14 3/8 in. (26.5 x 36.5 cm) Right Sheet: 10 7/16 x
Description: 
Male Rock Ptarmigan in transitional plumage, left; adult White-tailed Ptarmigan, winter plumage, right
Credit Line: 
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number: 
1863.17.418
Inscriptions: 
Inscribed on left sheet, at lower left in graphite: "Male / Killed at N. Winter Island / 30th May 1822."; at lower right: "American Ptarmigan / Male -- / [cut]"
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1838
eMuseum Object ID: 
27655
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus), Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus) Red-shafted, Red-breasted Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus ruber), Lewis's Woodpecker (Melanerpes lewis), and Hairy Woodpecker (Picoides villosus), Havell plate no. 416

Classification: 
Date: 
1822; Winter 1836-37
Medium: 
Watercolor, collage, black ink, pastel, graphite, gouache, and black chalk with scratching out and selective glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions: 
Paper: 37 3/16 x 24 5/16 in. (94.5 x 61.8 cm) Mat: 53 x 39 in. (134.6 x 99.1 cm)
Description: 
Hairy Woodpecker, male and female, upper left; Red-bellied Woodpecker, male and female, upper right; Northern Flicker(Red-Shafted western race), male and female, center; below: Lewis' Woodpecker, male and female; Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, male and female, lower left and right
Credit Line: 
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number: 
1863.17.416
Marks: 
Watermark: JWHATMAN / 1836
Inscriptions: 
Inscribed at lower left in brown ink: "Red Shafted Woodpecker. / Picus mexicanus. -- Swain. / 1. male 2. female. -- / No 72...[cut]"; at lower left of center: "Lewis Woodpecker. / Picus torquatus, Wils. / 3. male, 4 Female"; at lower center: "Red breasted Woodpecker. / Picus flaviventris, Viell. / 5. male, 6 female. --"; at lower right of center: "Red bellied Woodpecker / Picus carolinus. -- L. / 7. male, 8 Female}[bracket]"; at lower right: "Hairy Woodpecker / Picus villosus, L. / 9 male 10, Female. / Red-cockaded Woodpecker / Picus guerulus, Wils.-- / 11. male, 12 Do. 13 female.--"; to the right[crossed out]: "Red Cockaded Woodpecker"; birds identified and annotated in graphite counterclockwise beginning at upper left: "Hairy"; "Hairy"; "...Tuesday--"; "Picus ruber"; "46 Colaptes rubricatus, Bonap."; "Red bellied"; "Colla[cut, under collaged piece]"; "[erased]...length...all these birds...This!-- / This species.."; birds numbered counterclockwise from upper left in graphite: "9/ 9"; "10"; "2"; "3"; "5"; "4"; "6"; "8"; "7"; 13"; at lower left in brown ink: "5"; "6"
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1837
eMuseum Object ID: 
27654
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Common Tern (Sterna hirundo), Havell plate no. 309

Classification: 
Date: 
ca. 1834
Medium: 
Watercolor, graphite, and black ink with touches of gouache on paper, laid on card
Dimensions: 
Paper: 21 5/8 x 14 11/16 in. (54.9 x 37.3 cm) Mat: 29 x 23 in. (73.7 x 58.4 cm)
Description: 
Summer plumage
Credit Line: 
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number: 
1863.17.309
Marks: 
Watermark: JWHATMAN / 18[?]
Inscriptions: 
Inscribed at lower left in graphite: "Common Tern - / Sterna Hyrundo."
Gallery Label: 
Another version in N-YHS collections is a preliminary sketch (1821) with less detail in plumage and slightly more vertical plunge of tern (1863.18.33)
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1834
eMuseum Object ID: 
27648
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Hooded Merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus), Havell plate no. 232

Classification: 
Date: 
1821
Medium: 
Watercolor, graphite, pastel, black chalk, and gouache with selective glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions: 
Paper: 19 3/4 x 29 3/8 in. (50.2 x 74.6 cm) Mat: 30 x 40 in. (76.2 x 101.6 cm)
Description: 
Male, left; female, right
Credit Line: 
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number: 
1863.17.232
Inscriptions: 
Inscribed at lower right in brown ink[over erased graphite]: "Female. / Total Length 17 1/2. Inches / to end of claws 16 1/2. --"-- / Breadth -- 24. --"-- / Weight. -- 1lb -- / Weight of Male 1lb 7 onces"
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1821
eMuseum Object ID: 
27645
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Long-billed Curlew (Numenius americanus), Havell plate no. 231

Classification: 
Date: 
1831
Medium: 
Watercolor, graphite, black ink, gouache, and pastel with scratching out and selective glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions: 
Paper: 25 1/16 x 37 3/4 in. (63.7 x 95.9 cm) Mat: 39 x 53 in. (99.1 x 134.6 cm)
Description: 
Adults
Credit Line: 
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number: 
1863.17.231
Inscriptions: 
Birds numbered in graphite lower and upper respectively: "1"; "2"
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1831
eMuseum Object ID: 
27644
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Sanderling (Calidris alba), Havell plate no. 230

Classification: 
Date: 
1824
Medium: 
Watercolor, graphite, black ink, and black chalk on paper, laid on card
Dimensions: 
Paper: 14 13/16 x 21 7/16 in. (37.6 x 54.5 cm) Mat: 23 x 29 in. (58.4 x 73.7 cm)
Description: 
Winter plummage, left; breeding plumage, right
Credit Line: 
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number: 
1863.17.230
Inscriptions: 
Inscribed at upper left? in graphite: "Plate 285"; at middle right: "arenaria"; at?; "...Bird."
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1834
eMuseum Object ID: 
27643
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Greater Scaup (Aythya marila), Havell plate no. 229

Classification: 
Date: 
1822
Medium: 
Watercolor, oil, black ink, pastel, graphite, and gouache with scratching out on paper, laid on card
Dimensions: 
Paper: 14 1/8 x 21 7/8 in. (35.9 x 55.6 cm) Mat: 23 x 29 in. (58.4 x 73.7 cm)
Description: 
Male, left; female, right
Credit Line: 
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number: 
1863.17.229
Inscriptions: 
Inscribed at lower left in brown ink[over graphite]: "John J. Audubon from Nature / New Orleans Feby 1822"; at lower left of center: "Weight of male 1 lb 6 ounces / Length …….16 1/2 In / Breadth. --- 29 -- " / Feet beyond the tail 1 1/2 / Tail feathers -- 14 no"; at lower center: "Scaup Duck / Anas Marila"; at lower right: "Weight of female 1 lb. 6 ounces / Length ------- 16 1/2 in / Breadth 28 -- " / Legs beyond tail -- 1 -- " / Tail feathers -- 14 -- no"; at middle left in graphite[erased]: "no 66 / Plate 288."; at middle right[erased]: "6 / 16-- 1/2 inch."
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1822
eMuseum Object ID: 
27642
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Green-winged Teal (Anas carolinensis), Havell plate no. 228

Classification: 
Date: 
1822
Medium: 
Watercolor, oil, graphite, black ink, pastel, and gouache with selective glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions: 
Paper: 14 3/16 x 18 9/16 in. (36 x 47.1 cm) Mat: 23 x 29 in. (58.4 x 73.7 cm)
Description: 
Female, left; male, right
Credit Line: 
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number: 
1863.17.228
Marks: 
Watermark: JWHATMAN / 1818
Inscriptions: 
Inscribed at lower left in brown ink[cut]: "[Jo]hn J Audubon from Nature / Orleans Feby. 1822"; at left of lower center: "Weight of Female 10 Ounces. / Length. -- 13 3/4 Inches / Breadth. 22 1/2 -- " / Legs Beyond -- 1/2 -- " "; at lower center: "Green-Winged Teal / Anas Crecca / Sarcelle d'hyver at New orleans."; at lower right: "Weight of Male 10 Oz. / Breadth …. 2 feet / Length ….... 1 " 2 3/4 In."; at upper right in graphite: "No 46. / Plate 229."
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1822
eMuseum Object ID: 
27641
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Northern Pintail (Anas acuta), Havell plate no. 227

Classification: 
Date: 
1822
Medium: 
Watercolor, oil, pastel, black chalk, black ink, and graphite with touches of white lead pigment and glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions: 
Paper: 19 7/16 x 29 15/16 in. (49.4 x 76 cm) Mat: 31 x 41 in. (78.7 x 104.1 cm)
Description: 
Male, right front; female, behind
Credit Line: 
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number: 
1863.17.227
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1822
eMuseum Object ID: 
27640
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Whooping Crane (Grus americana), Havell plate no. 226

Classification: 
Date: 
1821–22; 1829–33
Medium: 
Watercolor, oil, gouache, graphite, white lead pigment, black ink, and pastel with selective glazing on paper, laid on Japanese paper
Dimensions: 
Paper: 37 1/4 x 25 3/4 in. (94.6 x 65.4 cm) Mat: 53 x 39 in. (134.6 x 99.1 cm)
Description: 
Adult
Credit Line: 
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number: 
1863.17.226
Inscriptions: 
Inscribed at lower right in graphite: "No 46. P. 229[crossed out] 6."; verso inscribed in brown ink over original graphite inscription: "Length 5 feet 5/12 / Breadth 7-- " -- 8/12. / Weight 13 to 3/4 avoir du poid / male Bird-"; below: "Length.. / Breadth.. / Weight...A.S.P. / 1820 Louisiana / Male"
Gallery Label: 
Original copper plate housed in the U.S. National Museum (1938)
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1822
eMuseum Object ID: 
27639
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

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