Collection Highlights
Siamese Twins
Date:
1836
Object Number:
LIB.SY.1836.55
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Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata), Havell plate no. 102
Object Number:
1863.17.102
Date:
c. 1825
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, pastel, and black ink with scratching out and selective glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 23 13/16 x 18 15/16 in. (60.5 x 48.1 cm)
Mat: 40 x 30 in. (101.6 x 76.2 cm)
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower left in brown ink: "Blue Jay male 1. F. 2. & 3 / Corvus cristatus / Plant"; birds numbered counter clockwise from middle right: "1"; "2"; "3"
Description:
Female, left and upper right; male, lower right
Gallery Label:
The background flora is unfinished.
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.
