Collection Highlights
Common Sense
Date:
1776
Object Number:
LIB.Y1776.Paine.com
Medium:
Pamphlet, paper
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King Rail (Rallus elegans), Havell plate no. 203
Object Number:
1863.17.203
Date:
c. 1815; 1833-34
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, collage, pastel, black chalk, and black ink on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 14 13/16 x 21 1/2 in. (37.6 x 54.6 cm)
Mat: 23 x 29 in. (58.4 x 73.7 cm)
Inscriptions:
Birds numbered in graphite left and right respectively: "1"; "2"
Gallery Label:
Rail in foreground probably painted during the winter of 1833-1834; bird at rear drawn in Kentucky, ca. 1815, and added to later compositon
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.
