Collection Highlights
Abraham Lincoln
Date:
April, 1865
Object Number:
PR.011.10
Medium:
Albumen print, carte-de-visite photograph
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Leach's Storm-Petrel (Oceanodroma leucorhoa), Havell plate no. 260
Object Number:
1863.17.260
Date:
1831
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, black ink, and pastel with scratching out and scraping on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 12 1/2 x 19 3/16 in. (31.8 x 48.7 cm)
Mat: 23 x 29 in. (58.4 x 73.7 cm)
Marks:
Watermark: JWHATMAN [cut, reversed]
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower center in graphite: "Forked Tail Sea Swallow - Mallassidroma Leachii, - Temm."; birds numbered in brown ink right and left respectively: "1"; "2"
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.
