Collection Highlights
Pictorial map of New York and vicinity, showing the suburban towns, and railroad and water communications
Date:
1871
Object Number:
LIB.NS4.M32.3.10.1
Medium:
Black ink on paper, backed with cloth
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Museum Collections
Audubon's Watercolors for The Birds of America
Black-and-white Warbler (Mniotilta varia), Havell plate no. 90; sketch of a foot
Object Number:
1863.17.90
Date:
c. 1824
Medium:
Watercolor, black ink, and graphite with touches of gouache and selective glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 19 1/4 x 11 11/16 in. (48.9 x 29.7 cm)
Mat: 29 x 23 in. (73.7 x 58.4 cm)
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower right in brown ink: "Pinus pendula / vulgo Black Larch"
Description:
Male
Gallery Label:
The background flora has been identified as Larch (Larix laricina)
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.
