Collection Highlights
Oud en nieuw Oost-Indiën... Volume 5, part 1 (deel 5, stuk 1)
Date:
1724-1726
Object Number:
LIB.Y.1724.V
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Greater Prairie-Chicken (Tympanuchus cupido), Havell plate no. 186
Object Number:
1863.17.186
Date:
1824
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, black ink, black chalk, and gouache with scratching out and selective glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 25 1/8 x 36 1/16 in. (63.8 x 91.6 cm)
Mat: 39 x 53 in. (99.1 x 134.6 cm)
Description:
Female, lower left; males, upper left and right
Gallery Label:
The background flora has been identified as Michigan lily (Lilium michiganese)
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.
