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
Drawings
Least Tern (Sternula antillarum), Havell plate no. 319
Object Number:
1863.17.319
Date:
1821; c. 1833
Medium:
Watercolor, collage, graphite, and gouache with touches of black ink and black chalk, and scratching out on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 21 3/8 x 15 in. (54.3 x 38.1 cm)
Mat: 29 x 23 in. (73.7 x 58.4 cm)
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower left in graphite: "No. 58 -- 290 -- / 64 4th Volume"; at lower center in brown ink: "Lesser Tern. Adult 1. Young 2 / STERNA MINUTA, L."; birds numbered lower and upper respectively: "1"; "2"
Description:
Immature, above; adult, below
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.
