Collection Highlights
Ye book of copperheads
Date:
1863
Object Number:
LIB.XS.E647.L52.1863
Medium:
Paper
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Nashville Warbler (Vermivora ruficapilla), Havell plate no. 89
Object Number:
1863.17.89
Date:
1829
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, gouache, black ink, and black chalk with selective glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 18 7/8 x 11 5/8 in. (47.9 x 29.5 cm)
Mat: 29 x 23 in. (73.7 x 58.4 cm)
Marks:
Watermark: JWHATMAN [reversed]
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower left in brown ink: "No 18. / Plate 89."; at lower center: "Nashville Warbler male 1. F. 2. / Sylvia rubricapilla / Plant. -- Ilex / Vulgo Spice wood"; birds numbered lower and upper respectively: "1"; "2"; scraped off inscription at lower right
Description:
Female, above; male, below
Gallery Label:
The background flora has been identified as Black alder (Ilex verticillata)
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.
