Collection Highlights
Wooden leg of Gouverneur Morris
Date:
ca. 1780
Object Number:
1954.148
Medium:
Oak, leather, metal
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Long-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus scolopaceus)
Object Number:
1863.18.20
Date:
c. 1822
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, pastel, black chalk, and black ink with scraping and selective glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 11 1/8 x 17 5/8 in. (28.3 x 44.8 cm)
Mat: 23 x 28 in. (58.4 x 71.1 cm)
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower right in brown ink: "[illegible] 12 -- / Weight --- 4 ozes"; at upper right in graphite, inverted: "[several lines illegible] JA--- / ... --- 1822 --"; at middle left: "4"; many erased inscriptions
Description:
Adult, winter plumage
Gallery Label:
The background flora has been identified as
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.
