Collection Highlights
Poems, Henricus Selyns
Date:
1659-1686
Object Number:
MSS.BV.Selyns
Medium:
Ink on paper
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Museum Collections
Drawings
Snowy Owl (Bubo scandiacus); sketches of two beaks and a talon
Object Number:
1863.18.19
Date:
1809
Medium:
Pastel, black chalk, and graphite with scratching out on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 24 5/16 x 18 5/16 in. (61.8 x 46.5 cm)
Mat: 35 x 27 in. (88.9 x 68.6 cm)
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower left in brown ink: "No 161"; at lower right of center: "Ongle de / derriere"; at lower right: "Longueur total --- 24 Po[pouces, cut] / Anvergure[sic] 60. Do[cut] / pese 4 lb / Pennes a longueur -- 12.00 / Chute de L'Ohio / 29th Decembr 1809. / peu farouche moins / tres Rare Jai vu / trois en plein Jour."
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.
