Collection Highlights
Wonderful Willie! : What he and Tommy did to Spain / sketches and rhymes by L.D. Bradley.
Date:
ca. 1899
Object Number:
LIB.PZ7.B66.W6
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Anhinga (Anhinga anhinga)
Object Number:
1863.18.34
Date:
1822
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, pastel, black ink, and oil with touches of gouache and selective glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 28 9/16 x 20 7/16 in. (72.5 x 51.9 cm)
Mat: 41 x 31 in. (104.1 x 78.7 cm)
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower left in graphite: "Length 2 11/12 - / Breadth - 3 11/12-- / Tail feathers 12 - / Weight -- 2 15/16--"; below in brown ink: "Length 2 11/12 feet / Breadth 3 11/12 / 12 Tail feathers / Weight -- 2 15/16 lb"; at lower center: "Black Bellied Darter or Snake Bird / Plotus Melanogaster / Bec a Lancette Common name"; below in graphite: "63[cut]"; along branch at lower right in brown ink: "Drawn by John J. Audubon from Nature / New Orleans 1822"; at middle right in graphite: "Bec à Lancette / Louisianna -"
Description:
Male in front; female, behind
Gallery Label:
The background flora has been identified as
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.
