Collection Highlights
Thoughts on African Colonization
Date:
1832
Object Number:
LIB.E448.G24.1832
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Pectoral Sandpiper (Calidris melanotos), Havell plate no. 294
Object Number:
1863.17.294
Date:
1832
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, black and brown ink, pastel, and gouache with scraping and touches of glazing 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 upper right in graphite: "59 -- 294"; erased inscriptions throughout
Description:
Adults
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.
