Collection Highlights
Architect's Sign
Date:
ca. 1837
Object Number:
1953.197
Medium:
Wood
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Luce Center
Blue-winged Warbler (Vermivora pinus) and Golden-winged Warbler (Vermivora chrysoptera)
Object Number:
1863.18.14
Date:
1815
Medium:
Watercolor, pastel, graphite, and collage with touches of gouache, black ink, and glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 16 3/4 x 10 5/8 in. (42.5 x 27 cm)
Mat: 29 x 23 in. (73.7 x 58.4 cm)
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at middle left in graphite: "Blue Yellow winged / Warbler -- Male -- / F. nearly the Same ---"; at lower left: "Porcelia triloba"[in Maria Martin's hand?]; below in brown ink: "No 69"; at lower center: "Blue-winged Yellow Warbler / Silvia Solitaria / Black Eye[d-crossed out] -- Binder Warbler"; below in graphite: "Henderson April 20th 1815"; at middle right: "Published / in first Vol. ---"; below[crossed out]: "Plate 200"; at lower right in graphite: "Sylvia (daenis) pendul[erased] / Sylvia Daenis pendulina"; below in brown ink: "Drawn by J.J. Audubon"
Gallery Label:
The background flora has been identified as
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.
