Collection Highlights
Santa Claus and his Works
Date:
1870
Object Number:
LIB.YC1870.Web
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Common Loon (Gavia immer), Havell plate no. 306
Object Number:
1863.17.306
Date:
1819?; 1833
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, pastel, black chalk, black ink, and gouache with scratching out and selective glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 25 7/16 x 37 1/8 in. (64.6 x 94.3 cm)
Mat: 35 x 47 in. (88.9 x 119.4 cm)
Marks:
Watermark: JWHATMAN / 183[?]
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower left in graphite with horizonal and vertical framing lines to indicate placement of the image on the engraving plate
Description:
Winter plumage, left; summer plumage, right
Gallery Label:
Bird on left modeled from specimen shot 1819; bird on right begun on July 9, 1833 in Labrador
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.
