Collection Highlights
Anna Pavlova (1881-1931)
Date:
1924
Object Number:
1952.45
Medium:
Patinated plaster on a wooden base
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Museum Collections
Drawings
Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus), Havell plate no. 61
Object Number:
1863.17.61
Date:
1814; after 1821
Medium:
Watercolor, collage, pastel, graphite, black chalk, black ink, and gouache on three pieces of paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 35 1/4 x 24 15/16 in. (89.5 x 63.3 cm)
Mat: 53 x 39 in. (134.6 x 99.1 cm)
Marks:
Watermark: JWHATMAN
Inscriptions:
Inscribed and signed at lower left in brown ink: "No 13. Plate 61. / Published 1829. / Drawn from Nature by / John. J. Audubon"; at lower right of center: "Great horned-Owl Male 1. F. Young / Strix Virginiana"; at lower right: "Weight-- 4 lb avoir du pois / Breadth 4 feet 8/12. Englis[h, cut, JJA uses the traditional English measuring system as opposed to the new French metric system instituted by Napoleon during this era] / Length 1--"--11/12.-- / Henderson Ky. Sepr. 21st 1814."
Description:
Immature female, left; male, right
Gallery Label:
While the male owl was drawn in 1814, the rest of the composition was completed after 1821.
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.
