Collection Highlights
Camp scene from photograph
Date:
ca. 1861-1865
Object Number:
PR.022.4
Medium:
Wood engraving
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Museum Collections
Audubon's Watercolors for The Birds of America
Manx Shearwater (Puffinus puffinus), Havell plate no. 295
Object Number:
1863.17.295
Date:
1831; [1833]
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, and black ink on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 14 3/4 x 21 3/8 in. (37.5 x 54.3 cm)
Mat: 23 x 29 in. (58.4 x 73.7 cm)
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower right in graphite: "Manks Puffin -- Edwards. / Puffinus anglorum, Ray."; at upper center: "Pufinus anglorum[crossed out]"
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.
