Collection Highlights
Wedding dress
Date:
ca. 1712 with several alterations into the 20th century
Object Number:
1949.115a
Medium:
Silk brocade, needlepoint lace; silk chiffon
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Museum Collections
Audubon's Watercolors for The Birds of America
Hooded Merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus), Havell plate no. 232
Object Number:
1863.17.232
Date:
1821
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, pastel, black chalk, and gouache with selective glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 19 3/4 x 29 3/8 in. (50.2 x 74.6 cm)
Mat: 30 x 40 in. (76.2 x 101.6 cm)
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower right in brown ink[over erased graphite]: "Female. / Total Length 17 1/2. Inches / to end of claws 16 1/2. --"-- / Breadth -- 24. --"-- / Weight. -- 1lb -- / Weight of Male 1lb 7 onces"
Description:
Male, left; female, right
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.
