Collection Highlights
Plan of the City of New York
Date:
1776
Object Number:
LIB.NS3.M36.1.3ab
Medium:
Black ink, with pencil additions, on paper backed with paper backed with cloth
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Pied-billed Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps), Havell plate no. 248
Object Number:
1863.17.248
Date:
1821
Medium:
Watercolor, gouache, oil, graphite, and black ink with selective glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 14 7/16 x 21 3/8 in. (36.7 x 54.3 cm)
Mat: 23 x 29 in. (58.4 x 73.7 cm)
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at upper right in graphite, erased[cut]: "...Length of ... / from bill to end of feet 18. Inches --- / Weight 15 onces ---"
Description:
Winter plumage, left; breeding plumage, right
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.
