Collection Highlights
Untitled (Skating in Central Park, N.Y.)
Date:
ca. 1890
Object Number:
PR.020.50.2
Medium:
Photograph
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Museum Collections
Drawings
American White Pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos), Havell plate no. 311
Object Number:
1863.17.311
Date:
ca. 1831-32
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, pastel, and black chalk with touches of black ink, scratching out, and scraping on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 37 x 25 1/16 in. (94 x 63.7 cm)
Mat: 53 x 39 in. (134.6 x 99.1 cm)
Marks:
Watermark: JWHATMAN / 183[?]
Description:
Adult, summer plumage
Gallery Label:
Prelimary drawing with background and possibly bird done by Lehman; horizontal format; head facing outward, not profile (1863.18.36)
Credit Line:
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Exhibitions:
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
