Collection Highlights
Carolina Parakeet (Conuropsis carolinensis), Havell plate no. 26
Date:
c. 1825
Object Number:
1863.17.26
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, pastel, gouache, and black ink with scraping and selective glazing on paper, laid on card
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American Avocet (Recurvirostra americana), Havell plate no. 318
Object Number:
1863.17.318
Date:
1821
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, pastel, black chalk, and black ink with selective glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 13 13/16 x 21 5/16 in. (35.1 x 54.1 cm)
Mat: 23 x 29 in. (58.4 x 73.7 cm)
Marks:
Watermark: TURKEY MILLS / JWHATMAN [reversed]
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at upper left in graphite: "64"; below diagonally: "4th Volume --"; verso inscriptions in brown ink illegible
Description:
Foreground, male, winter plumage; left background, diminutive figures of four adults, three in summer plumage
Gallery Label:
Havell placed a young avocet in its winter plumage halfway between the birds in the distance and the adult in the foreground; slug replaced by insect
Credit Line:
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
