Collection Highlights
Balustrade section from Federal Hall, New York
Date:
1788-1789
Object Number:
1884.3
Medium:
Painted wrought iron
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Red-eyed Vireo (Vireo olivaceus), Havell plate no. 150
Object Number:
1863.17.150
Date:
1822
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, and black chalk with touches of pastel, gouache, and black ink, and selective glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 18 9/16 x 11 3/4 in. (47.1 x 29.8 cm)
Mat: 29 x 23 in. (73.7 x 58.4 cm)
Marks:
Watermark: TURKEY MILLS / JWHATMAN / 1817
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower left in brown ink: "No 15. Plate 74. / Published / 1829."; at upper right corner in graphite diagonally: "50"
Gallery Label:
The background flora has been identified as Honey locust (Gleditsia triacanthos)
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.
