Collection Highlights
An Address to the inhabitants of the British Settlements in America, upon slave-keeping
Date:
1773
Object Number:
LIB.Y1773.RushAddress
Medium:
Paper, book
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Museum Collections
Drawings
Kentucky Warbler (Oporornis formosus), Havell plate no. 38
Object Number:
1863.17.38
Date:
c. 1822
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, and pastel with touches of black ink and selective glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 19 1/16 x 11 3/4 in. (48.4 x 29.8 cm)
Mat: 29 x 23 in. (73.7 x 58.4 cm)
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at the lower left in brown ink: "No 8. Plate 38."; below in graphite [erased]: "J.J. Audubon"; at lower center in brown ink: "Kentucky Warbler Male 1. F. 2. / Sylvia formosa."; to right in graphite[erased]: "Auriculata"; below in brown ink: "Plant. Magnolia auriculata"; birds numbered lower and upper respectively: "1"; "2"
Description:
Male left; female right
Gallery Label:
The background flora has been identified as Umbrella-tree (Magnolia fraseri). The umbrella-tree was found by Audubon only in Lousiana and Mississippi in habitats frequented by the Kentucky warbler.
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.
