Collection Highlights
Artistic Houses: being a series of interior views of a number of the most beautiful and celebrated homes in the United States
Date:
1883 - 1884
Object Number:
PR.087.1.1.35.HURPAR
Medium:
Photogravure
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Museum Collections
Audubon's Watercolors for The Birds of America
Indigo Bunting (Passerina cyanea), Havell plate no. 74
Object Number:
1863.17.74
Date:
1821; 1829
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, pastel, black ink, and gouache with scratching out and selective glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 18 7/8 x 11 3/4 in. (47.9 x 29.8 cm)
Mat: 29 x 23 in. (73.7 x 58.4 cm)
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower left in brown ink: "No 15. Plate 74. / Published / 1829. / Louisianna / July. / J.J.A"; at lower center: "Indigo-bird. / Fringilla cyanea / Plant. Schisandra coccinea. / Vulgo Salsparilla."; at lower right: "Male adult 1. / Male first Year 2. / " -- 2d -- " -- 3. / F. 4."; birds numbered from left center clockwise: "1"; "2"; "3"; "4"
Description:
Immature males, above; adult male, center; female, below
Gallery Label:
The background flora has been identified as Wild sarsaparilla (Schisandra glabra); female may have been painted later than males; spider unfinished
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.
