Collection Highlights
The Course of Empire: The Savage State
Date:
ca. 1834
Object Number:
1858.1
Medium:
Oil on canvas (relined)
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Museum Collections
Drawings
Common Raven (Corvus corax), Havell plate no. 101
Object Number:
1863.17.101
Date:
1829
Medium:
Watercolor, pastel, black ink, gouache, and graphite with selective glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 35 13/16 x 25 7/16 in. (91 x 64.6 cm)
Mat: 53 x 39 in. (134.6 x 99.1 cm)
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower left in graphite [erased]: "...Male Adult about 7..."; below in brown ink: "No 1. Plate 101."; at lower center: "Raven male adult. -- / Corvus Corax / Plant Juglans laciniosa / (Vulgo) Thick shell-bark Hickory."
Description:
Male
Gallery Label:
The background flora has been identified as shellbark hickory (Carya laciniosa).
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.
