Collection Highlights
Shrewsbury River, New Jersey
Date:
1859
Object Number:
S-229
Medium:
Oil on canvas
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Museum Collections
Audubon's Watercolors for The Birds of America
Crested Auklet (Aethia cristatella), Ancient Murrelet (Synthliboramphus antiquus), Least Auklet (Aethia pusilla), Rhinoceros Auklet (Cerorhinca monocerata), Havell plate no. 402
Object Number:
1863.17.402
Medium:
Watercolor, pastel, graphite, and black chalk with touches of black ink, scratching out, and selective glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 16 1/4 x 29 1/8 in. (41.3 x 74 cm)
Mat: 27 x 35 in. (68.6 x 88.9 cm)
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at upper left in graphite: "81 / Size of the / copper --"[with horizontal lines indicating the boundaries of the image for transfer to the engraving plate]; at lower left in brown ink: "Phaleris superciliata, Bonap. / Curled-crested Auk."; at lower left of center: "Mergulus antiquus, Bonap. / 1 Adult 2 Young / Black-throated Guillemot."; at lower right of center: "Phaleris nodirostris, Bonap. / Knobbed-billed Auk."; at lower right: "Ceratorrhina Occidentalis, Bonap. / Horned-billed Guillemot."[each ID followed by a graphite check mark]; birds numbered and identified from middle left in graphite: "Phaleris superciliata, Bonap. / obs. on Cus… Right Animal.--"; at center: "1 / Mergulus antiquus / Bonap. --"; below to right: "Ceratorrhina Occidentalis, Bonap."; at middle right: "Phaleris nodirostris"; birds numbered in brown ink from left to right: "5"; "1"; "2"; "4"; "3"
Description:
Adults; from left: Crested Auklet; Ancient Murrelet; Marbled Murrelet; Least Auklet; Rhiniceros Auklet
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.
