Collection Highlights
Get off the track! : a song for Emmancipation, sung by the Hutchinsons, respectfully dedicated to Nath.l P. Rogers, as a mark of esteem for his intrepidity in the cause of human rights
Date:
1844
Object Number:
LIB.M1622a.Hutchinson
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Museum Collections
Drawings
Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis), Havell plate no. 51
Object Number:
1863.17.51
Date:
1821; reworked later
Medium:
Watercolor, pastel, black ink, graphite, and black chalk with touches of gouache and selective glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 37 3/4 x 25 1/2 in. (95.9 x 64.8 cm)
Mat: 53 x 39 in. (134.6 x 99.1 cm)
Description:
Male, above; female, below
Gallery Label:
The piece was later reworked.
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.
