Collection Highlights
Architect's Sign
Date:
ca. 1837
Object Number:
1953.197
Medium:
Wood
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Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis), Havell plate no. 312
Object Number:
1863.17.312
Date:
1832-33
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, oil, pastel, and black ink with touches of gouache and glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 16 5/8 x 29 13/16 in. (42.2 x 75.7 cm)
Mat: 31 x 41 in. (78.7 x 104.1 cm)
Inscriptions:
Left bird numbered in graphite: "1"
Description:
Male, summer plumage, upper left, and winter plumage, upper right; female and downy young, lower right. Formerly called the "Old Squaw" Duck.
Gallery Label:
Audubon's son John assisted with birds and his other son, Victor may have worked on the background;
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.
