Hairy Woodpecker (Picoides villosus; subspecies audubonii and harrisi) and Three-toed Woodpecker (Picoides dorsalis), Havell plate no. 417
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Date:
1838
Medium:
Watercolor, collage, graphite, pastel, black chalk, black ink, and gouache with scratching out and selective glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 31 1/4 x 21 3/16 in. (79.4 x 53.8 cm)
Mat: 41 x 31 in. (104.1 x 78.7 cm)
Description:
Three-toed Woodpeckers, male and female, at center; other birds are Hairy Woodpeckers, adult males have red crowns, immature males have red napes
Credit Line:
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number:
1863.17.417
Inscriptions:
Birds numbered in graphite clockwise from upper left: "1"; "2"; "3"; "5"; "6"; "9"; "10"; "8"; "7"; "4"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1838
eMuseum Object ID:
27620
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Pelagic Cormorant (Phalacrocorax pelgicus) and Brandt's Cormorant (Phalacrocorax penicillatus), Havell plate no. 412
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Date:
1836
Medium:
Watercolor, gouache, white lead pigment, graphite, pastel, black chalk, and black ink with selective glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 21 3/4 x 25 11/16 in. (55.2 x 65.2 cm)
Mat: 31 x 41 in. (78.7 x 104.1 cm)
Description:
Adult Pelagic Cormorant, left; immature Brandt's Cormorant, right
Credit Line:
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number:
1863.17.412
Marks:
Watermark: JWHATMAN / 18[cut]
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at middle left in graphite: "Female Bird [shot] at Cape Disapointment / 1st november -- / 1836 --"; at lower left: "No 83 -- Plate 412."; at middle right: "Male Bird -- / Shot at Cape Disapointment / Octr 8th 1836."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1838
eMuseum Object ID:
27617
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Brown Creeper (Certhia americana) and Pygmy Nuthatch (Sitta pygmaea), Havell plate no. 415
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Date:
c. 1836
Medium:
Watercolor, collage, pastel, black chalk, graphite, and black ink with touches of gouache and selective glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 19 1/2 x 12 3/8 in. (49.5 x 31.4 cm)
Mat: 29 x 23 in. (73.7 x 58.4 cm)
Description:
Brown Creepers, above and left; Pygmy Nuthatches, right center
Credit Line:
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number:
1863.17.415
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower left in graphite: "Brown Creeper / Certhia familiarus --"; at lower center: "No 83 -- Plate 415."; at lower right: "Sitta pygmea, Vigors. -- / North-west of America"; birds numbered in brown ink and graphite clockwise from upper right: "1"; "3"; "1 / 4"; "2 / 2"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1836
eMuseum Object ID:
27614
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California Quail (Callipepla californica), Havell plate no. 413; sketch of a spider
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Date:
1837
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, and black ink with touches of gouache and scratching out on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 13 x 17 in. (33 x 43.2 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:
1863.17.413
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower right in graphite[erased]: "The Californian Partridge / Perdix Californius -- 1 Male. 2 Female / J.J.A"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1837
eMuseum Object ID:
27613
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Upland Sandpiper (Bartramia longicauda), Havell plate no. 303
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Date:
c. 1825
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, and black ink with touches of gouache and selective glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 14 5/8 x 21 3/4 in. (37.1 x 55.2 cm)
Mat: 23 x 29 in. (58.4 x 73.7 cm)
Description:
The naturalist William Bartram (1739-1823) of Philadelphia is commemorated in the Latin taxonomic named for this genus.
Credit Line:
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number:
1863.17.303
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower right in graphite: "Louisanna J.J. Audubon[cut]"; at upper left: "62"
Gallery Label:
The background flora has been identified as Toadshade (Trillium sessile) or Little sweet betsy (Trillium cuneatum); Havell plate filled in the snail and landscape more boldly
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1825
eMuseum Object ID:
27612
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Bufflehead (Bucephala albeola), Havell plate no. 325
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Date:
1833
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, pastel, black chalk, and black ink with touches of gouache and glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 14 7/16 x 21 5/16 in. (36.7 x 54.1 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:
1863.17.325
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at upper left in graphite: "No 56 -- 27[?] --..."; vertically at middle right: "4th volume"; erased inscriptions throughout
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1833
eMuseum Object ID:
27611
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Bonaparte's Gull (Chroicocephalus philadelphia), Havell plate no. 324
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Date:
c. 1821; 1830
Medium:
Watercolor, collage, graphite, pastel, black chalk, gouache, and black ink on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 21 1/4 x 15 3/16 in. (54 x 38.6 cm)
Mat: 29 x 23 in. (73.7 x 58.4 cm)
Description:
Adults, center; immature, in autumn, lower right. Female Bonaparte's Gulls usually have black heads, like the males.
Credit Line:
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number:
1863.17.324
Marks:
Watermark: JWHATMAN / 1820
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower left in graphite: "No 65. Plate 324 -"; birds numbered clockwise from lower center: "1"; "2"; "3"
Gallery Label:
All three birds drawn separately and pasted on background; Specimens obtained in Ohio in 1819, while on an outing with Robert Best (Curator of the Cincinnati Museum at that time);
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1830
eMuseum Object ID:
27610
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Black Skimmer (Rynchops niger), Havell plate no. 323; two sketches of a bill
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Date:
1821
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Watercolor, graphite, pastel, black chalk, black ink, and gouache with touches of glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 19 3/8 x 23 9/16 in. (49.2 x 59.8 cm)
Mat: 27 x 35 in. (68.6 x 88.9 cm)
Description:
Adult plumage
Credit Line:
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number:
1863.17.323
Inscriptions:
Inscribed vertically at lower left in graphite next to left sketch: "from[sic] view of the upper Mandible / from above"; to right, vertically next to right sketch: "front view of Lower Mandible latter / from above with the tongue"; above right sketch: "A. Tongue"; interior of right sketch: "A."; at upper right[erased]: "65"; erased inscriptions at upper left
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1821
eMuseum Object ID:
27609
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Redhead (Aythya americana), Havell plate no. 322
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Date:
c. 1832-33
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Watercolor, graphite, pastel, black ink, and gouache with scratching out and selective glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 20 7/8 x 29 9/16 in. (53 x 75.1 cm)
Mat: 31 x 41 in. (78.7 x 104.1 cm)
Description:
Female, left; male, right
Credit Line:
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number:
1863.17.322
Inscriptions:
Birds numbered in graphite right and left respectively: "1"; "2"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1833
eMuseum Object ID:
27608
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Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla), Havell plate no. 320
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Date:
c. 1825
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, and black ink with touches of gouache and glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 15 1/8 x 22 1/8 in. (38.4 x 56.2 cm)
Mat: 23 x 29 in. (58.4 x 73.7 cm)
Description:
Winter plumage
Credit Line:
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number:
1863.17.320
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at upper left in graphite: "64"; below at an angle: "4th volume"; at lower left: "No 64 -- Plate 320. / Least Sand piper -- View on Bayou Sarah Louisiana --"; at lower right: "15"; above: "Bayou Sarah / 1 2. Male Female"; birds numbered right and left respectively: "1"; "2"
Gallery Label:
Havell completed woodland scene indicated here in faint pencil, omited small figures at right
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1825
eMuseum Object ID:
27607
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