Collection Highlights
The Course of Empire: The Consummation of Empire
Date:
1835-1836
Object Number:
1858.3
Medium:
Oil on canvas (relined)
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Museum Collections
Audubon's Watercolors for The Birds of America
Blue-headed Quail-Dove (Starnoenas cyanocephala), Havell plate no. 172
Object Number:
1863.17.172
Date:
1832
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, pastel, gouache, and black ink with scratching out and selective glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 20 5/8 x 27 3/16 in. (52.4 x 69.1 cm)
Mat: 31 x 41 in. (78.7 x 104.1 cm)
Marks:
Watermark: JWHATMAN / 1830
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at upper right in brown ink: "The flesh resemble that of our little Partridge / so very much in taste that one would Suppose it / to be the same if unknown -- the nest of thi[cut] / Species is rough and not much like that of the / Genus generally Speaking-"; below in graphite: "72"; birds numbered from right to left: "1"; "2"; "2"
Gallery Label:
The background flora has been identified as Wild poinsettia (Euphorbia heterophylla) on the right
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.
