Collection Highlights
A Brief Description of NEW-YORK: Formerly Called New-Netherlands..
Date:
1670
Object Number:
LIB.Y.1670.Den
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Black-throated Green Warbler ( Dendroica virens)
Object Number:
1962.42
Date:
1827
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, black ink, and black chalk on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 12 7/8 x 9 7/8 in. (32.7 x 25.1 cm)
Inscriptions:
Signed and dated at lower center in gray ink: "Audubon / 1827."
Description:
This bird is featured in alternate study 1863.18.4 but never engraved for Birds of America. This drawing is referred to in Maria Audubon's "Audubon and His Journals" as a gift created especially for the artist's mother.
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss Clara Peck
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
