Collection Highlights
The Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant
Date:
1885-1886
Object Number:
LIB.XL.CT.G763.A3
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Museum Collections
Audubon's Watercolors for The Birds of America
Northern Bobwhite (Colinus virginianus) and Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus), Havell plate no. 76
Object Number:
1863.17.76
Date:
c. 1825
Medium:
Watercolor, pastel, graphite, black ink, oil, gouache, black chalk, collage, and outlining with a stylus on paper, with selective glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 25 13/16 x 39 3/8 in. (65.6 x 100 cm)
Mat: 39 x 53 in. (99.1 x 134.6 cm)
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at upper right in brown ink: "No 16. plate 76. Published 1829[crossed out] 1830. / Virginian Partridge. / Males adult 1. / Do " -- Young -- 2. / Females adult -- 3 / Do "-- Young -- 4. / very Young birds 5. / perdix Virginiana"; 18 partridges numbered in brown ink as per preceding identification
Description:
Immature hawk attacking male, female and young Bobwhites
Gallery Label:
Blades of grass in foreground pasted on
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.
