Collection Highlights
Albert Gallatin (1761-1849)
Date:
ca. 1849
Object Number:
MSS.GallatinPapers.1
Medium:
Daguerreotype
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Laughing Gull (Larus atricilla), Havell plate no. 314
Object Number:
1863.17.314
Date:
1829
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, pastel, and black chalk with touches of gouache and black ink on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 13 3/8 x 21 13/16 in. (34 x 55.4 cm), irregular
Mat: 23 x 29 in. (58.4 x 73.7 cm)
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at upper left in graphite: "63"; at upper right: "64[crossed out]"; at lower left in brown ink: "Laughing Gull. / Larus atricilla, Linn, Latham, Gmel. / Larus ridibundus, Wilson. -- / 1. Male adult / Spring plumage / 2. Young in first autumn. / Shot in New / Jersey. -- "; birds numbered upper and lower respectively: "1"; "2"
Description:
Male, adult plumage, front; immature behind
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.
