Collection Highlights
Fraktur: Birth and Baptism certificate of Joseph Flor
Date:
1811
Object Number:
PR.022.13
Medium:
Hand-colored print
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Common Tern (Sterna hirundo)
Object Number:
1863.18.33
Date:
1821
Medium:
Watercolor, collage[over graphite outline], graphite, black chalk, gouache, and black ink with touches of glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 21 3/8 x 14 13/16 in. (54.3 x 37.6 cm)
Mat: 29 x 23 in. (73.7 x 58.4 cm)
Inscriptions:
Inscribed in graphite at lower left: "No 49 243 --"; at lower center: "Great Tern"
Description:
Adult, summer plumage
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.
