Collection Highlights
Albert Gallatin (1761-1849)
Date:
ca. 1849
Object Number:
MSS.GallatinPapers.1
Medium:
Daguerreotype
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Museum Collections
Audubon's Watercolors for The Birds of America
Rose-breasted Grosbeak (Pheucticus ludovicianus), Havell plate no. 127
Object Number:
1863.17.127
Date:
1829
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, black ink, pastel, and gouache with selective glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 29 1/4 x 19 1/2 in. (74.3 x 49.5 cm)
Mat: 41 x 31 in. (104.1 x 78.7 cm)
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at upper right in graphite: "Young 15th August"; birds numbered from upper to lower: "4"; "3"; "1"; "1"
Description:
Immature males, upper two; adult males, lower two
Gallery Label:
The background flora has been identified as Canada yew (Taxus canadensis)
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.
