Collection Highlights
Elisha Kent Kane, M.D. (1820-1857)
Date:
1858
Object Number:
1859.1
Medium:
Oil on canvas
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Museum Collections
Audubon's Watercolors for The Birds of America
Reddish Egret (Egretta rufescens), Havell plate no. 256
Object Number:
1863.17.256
Date:
1832
Medium:
Watercolor, gouache, pastel, graphite, and black ink with touches of white lead pigment on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 25 11/16 x 38 in. (65.2 x 96.5 cm)
Mat: 39 x 53 in. (99.1 x 134.6 cm)
Marks:
Watermark: JWHATMAN / 1831
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower right in graphite: "--light tail / Water continues"; birds numbered right and left respectively: "1"; "2"
Description:
White phase and red phase 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.
