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Date:
1788
Object Number:
1903.12
Medium:
Silk, paint
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Semipalmated Plover (Charadrius semipalmatus), Havell plate no. 330
Object Number:
1863.17.330
Date:
1824; c. 1832
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, pastel, black chalk, and black ink with touches of glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 11 7/16 x 18 3/16 in. (29.1 x 46.2 cm)
Mat: 23 x 29 in. (58.4 x 73.7 cm)
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at upper left in graphite: "[cut] 4th Volume--"; at lower left in gray ink: "Drawn by JJ. Audubon from Nature / Philadelphia May 11th 1824"; at lower left of center: "Ring Plover Male / Tringa Hiaticula"; at lower right of center in graphite: "Summer plumage 1. Young in August 2. / Charadrius semipalmatus, L.--"; at lower right: "Weight 1 1/2 oz. Troy"; birds numbered left and right respectively: "1"; "2"
Description:
Adults, male, left; female, right
Gallery Label:
Male, painted in Philly on May 11, 1824; female, painted ca. 1832
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.
