Collection Highlights
The N. O. massacre
Date:
1866
Object Number:
LIB.SY.1866.43
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Black-crowned Night-Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax), Havell plate no. 236
Object Number:
1863.17.236
Date:
1832
Medium:
Watercolor, gouache, black ink, graphite, pastel, and collage with scratching out and selective glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 25 7/16 x 37 7/8 in. (64.6 x 96.2 cm)
Mat: 39 x 53 in. (99.1 x 134.6 cm)
Marks:
Watermark: JWHATMAN / 1831
Inscriptions:
Birds numbered in graphite at lower center in face: "1"; and at upper right: "2"
Description:
Adult, left; immature, right
Gallery Label:
The background flora has been identified as Zephyr lily (Zephyranthes atamasco)
Credit Line:
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Provenance:
Mrs. John J. (Lucy Bakewell) Audubon
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
