Kentucky Warbler (Oporornis formosus), Havell plate no. 38
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Date:
c. 1822
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, and pastel with touches of black ink and selective glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 19 1/16 x 11 3/4 in. (48.4 x 29.8 cm)
Mat: 29 x 23 in. (73.7 x 58.4 cm)
Description:
Male left; female right
Credit Line:
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number:
1863.17.38
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at the lower left in brown ink: "No 8. Plate 38."; below in graphite [erased]: "J.J. Audubon"; at lower center in brown ink: "Kentucky Warbler Male 1. F. 2. / Sylvia formosa."; to right in graphite[erased]: "Auriculata"; below in brown ink: "Plant. Magnolia auriculata"; birds numbered lower and upper respectively: "1"; "2"
Gallery Label:
The background flora has been identified as Umbrella-tree (Magnolia fraseri). The umbrella-tree was found by Audubon only in Lousiana and Mississippi in habitats frequented by the Kentucky warbler.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1822
eMuseum Object ID:
27008
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Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus) Yellow-shafted, Havell plate no. 37
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Date:
1821; 1827
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, pastel, black chalk, black ink, and gouache with selective glazing on two sheets of paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 26 13/16 x 18 11/16 in. (68.1 x 47.5 cm), irregular
Mat: 35 x 27 in. (88.9 x 68.6 cm)
Description:
Females above and center; males below and left
Credit Line:
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number:
1863.17.37
Inscriptions:
Inscribed and signed at lower right in brown ink: "No 8. Plate 37. / Gold-winged Woodpecker Males 1. F.2. / Picus auratus. -- / John. J. Audubon"; birds labelled clockwise from upper center in graphite: "female"; "female"; "Male"; "Male"; "Male"; at upper right corner: "37"
Gallery Label:
two female birds painted in Louisiana in 1821; profiles and heads of the males added to the bottom and left ca. 1827; piece of paper 5" high, pasted onto the bottom of the composition.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1827
eMuseum Object ID:
27007
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Cooper's Hawk (Accipter cooperii), Havell plate no. 36
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Date:
1824; c. 1824-26
Medium:
Watercolor, pastel, graphite, and black ink with touches of gouache, scratching out, and selective glazing on two sheets of paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 38 5/8 x 18 5/8 in. (98.1 x 47.3 cm)
Mat: 53 x 39 in. (134.6 x 99.1 cm)
Description:
Second year male and adult female. Audubon originally called this bird the Stanley Hawk after Lord Stanley (Edward Smith Stanley, 13th Earl of Derby, 1775-c.1852). The bird was named after William Cooper (1798–1864), a conchologist and one of the founders of the New York Lyceum of Natural History, by Charles Lucien Bonaparte in 1828.
Credit Line:
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number:
1863.17.36
Marks:
Watermarks: JWHATMAN
Inscriptions:
Birds numbered lower and upper respectively in brown ink: "1"; "2"
Gallery Label:
bottom bird painted in Philidelphia in 1824; top bird painted at Bayou Sara, Louisiana ca. 1824-1826.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1826
eMuseum Object ID:
27005
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Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus), Havell plate no. 11
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Date:
1822
Medium:
Watercolor, collage, black ink, graphite, pastel, and white lead pigment with selective glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 38 3/8 x 23 11/16 in. (97.5 x 60.2 cm)
Mat: 53 x 39 in. (134.6 x 99.1 cm)
Description:
Immature male. Audubon originally thought this bird was an adult of an eagle species distinct from the Bald Eagle and named it in honor of George Washington.
Credit Line:
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number:
1863.17.11
Marks:
Mount watermark: JWHATMAN [1830s]
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower left on a diagonal in three parts in black ink: "SEA EAGLE / FALCO Ossifragus"; "Drawn from Nature / by / John. J. Audubon / New Orleans 1822."; "Male. / Total Length 3 feet 6 1/2 /12 / Breadth -- 10 " -- 1/12 / Weight -- 14lb[#?] 12/16."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1822
eMuseum Object ID:
27003
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Canada Warbler (Wilsonia canadensis), Havell plate no. 5
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Classification:
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Date:
1821
Medium:
Watercolor, pastel, gouache, graphite, and black ink with selective glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 18 3/4 x 11 5/8 in. (47.6 x 29.5 cm)
Mat: 29 x 23 in. (73.7 x 58.4 cm)
Description:
Immature male
Credit Line:
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number:
1863.17.5
Marks:
Watermark: TURKEY MILLS / JWHATMAN
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower left in graphite[erased]: "No...."; at lower left in brown ink: "Drawn from Nature by John. J. Audubon / Bayou Sarah Oct.r 5th 1821."; at lower center: "Cypress Swamp Fly Catcher Male. / Muscicapa"; below, in graphite[erased]: "…A. W."; erased inscriptions in lower register
Gallery Label:
The background flora has been identified as Southern magnolia (Magnolia grandiflora).
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1821
eMuseum Object ID:
27002
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Black-shouldered Kite (Elanus caeruleus), Havell plate no. 352
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Date:
1834
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, pastel, and black chalk with touches of black ink and gouache, and selective glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 28 11/16 x 21 1/4 in. (72.9 x 54 cm)
Mat: 41 x 31 in. (104.1 x 78.7 cm)
Description:
Male, above left; female, below right
Credit Line:
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number:
1863.17.352
Marks:
Watermark: JWHATMA[cut]
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower center in graphite: "Black winged Hawk / Male 1 F. 2.[cut]"; at lower right: "Plate 352. / No 71"; birds numbered lower and upper respectively: "1"; "2"
Gallery Label:
The beetle, probably the work of Maria Martin, does not appear in Havell's engraving
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1834
eMuseum Object ID:
27000
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Sooty Tern (Sterna fuscata), Havell plate no. 235
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Date:
1832
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, black pastel, black chalk, and black ink on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 14 9/16 x 19 7/8 in. (37 x 50.5 cm)
Mat: 23 x 29 in. (58.4 x 73.7 cm)
Description:
Breeding plumage
Credit Line:
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number:
1863.17.235
Marks:
Watermark: JWHATMAN / 18[?]0 [reversed]
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at upper left in graphite: "[cut]56 -- 280 --"; erased inscriptions at lower right; verso inscriptions in brown ink illegible
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1832
eMuseum Object ID:
26995
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Yellow Warbler (Dendroica petechia), Havell plate no. 35
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Classification:
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Date:
1821
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, pastel, black chalk, and black ink with touches of gouache and selective glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 18 7/8 x 11 3/4 in. (47.9 x 29.8 cm)
Mat: 29 x 23 in. (73.7 x 58.4 cm)
Description:
Immature above; male below. Audubon originally called this bird Children's Warbler after John George Children (1777-1852), a fellow and secretary of the Royal Society of London for the Improvement of Natural Knowledge.
Credit Line:
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number:
1863.17.35
Marks:
Watermark: TURKEY MILLS / JWHATMAN / 1817 [reversed]
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower left in brown ink: "Drawn from Nature by John J. Audubon / James Pirrie's Esqr. Plantation August 4th 1821"; at lower right: "Louisiana Warbler Male"; in graphite: "& female."; below in brown ink: "[crossed out]Sylvia Ludovicianna / Sylvia Childreni --"; below: "Plant"; in graphite: "…[illegilble] / Spanish…"; lower and upper birds numbered respectively in graphite: "1"; "2"; at upper right corner: "35"
Gallery Label:
The background flora has been identified as Coffee senna (cassia occidentalis). The female bird was painted on August 4 and the young bird was added on August 29.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1821
eMuseum Object ID:
26966
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Worm-eating Warbler (Helmitheros vermivorus), Havell plate no. 34
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Date:
1822
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, pastel, black chalk, gouache, and black ink with selective glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 19 1/4 x 12 in. (48.9 x 30.5 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
Object Number:
1863.17.34
Inscriptions:
Inscribed faintly at lower center in graphite[erased]: "Worm..."; at upper right corner: "34"; erased inscriptions in lower register
Gallery Label:
The background flora has been identified as Pokeweed (Phytolacca americana).
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1822
eMuseum Object ID:
26965
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Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus), Havell plate no. 237
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Classification:
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Date:
1821
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, pastel, and black ink with touches of gouache and selective glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 19 1/8 x 23 15/16 in. (48.6 x 60.8 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:
1863.17.237
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower left in graphite: "Curlew / [three lines erased]"; at lower left of center: "Drawn from Nature / by John. J. Audubon"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1821
eMuseum Object ID:
26961
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