Collection Highlights
Cayambe
Date:
1858
Object Number:
S-91
Medium:
Oil on canvas
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Luce Center
Rock Ptarmigan (Lagopus muta) and White-tailed Ptarmigan (Lagopus leucura), Havell plate no. 418
Object Number:
1863.17.418
Date:
1838
Medium:
Watercolor and graphite with touches of black chalk and gouache, and scraping on two sheets of paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 10 7/16 x 23 3/16 in. (26.5 x 58.9 cm)
Left Sheet: 10 7/16 x 14 3/8 in. (26.5 x 36.5 cm)
Right Sheet: 10 7/16 x
Inscriptions:
Inscribed on left sheet, at lower left in graphite: "Male / Killed at N. Winter Island / 30th May 1822."; at lower right: "American Ptarmigan / Male -- / [cut]"
Description:
Male Rock Ptarmigan in transitional plumage, left; adult White-tailed Ptarmigan, winter 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.
