Collection Highlights
Untitled (Skating in Central Park, N.Y.)
Date:
ca. 1890
Object Number:
PR.020.50.2
Medium:
Photograph
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Museum Collections
Drawings
Spruce Grouse (Canachites canadensis), Havell plate no. 176
Object Number:
1863.17.176
Date:
1832
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, pastel, black ink, and gouache with selective glazing and scratching out on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 25 x 35 7/16 in. (63.5 x 90 cm)
Mat: 39 x 53 in. (99.1 x 134.6 cm)
Marks:
Watermark: JWHATMAN / 1831 [reversed]
Inscriptions:
Birds numbered right to left in graphite: "1"; "2"; "1"; "2"; plants numbered right to left: "4"; "3"; erased inscriptions at lower left
Description:
From left to right: female; male; female; male
Gallery Label:
The background flora has been identified as Painted trillium (Trilliun undulatum) and Twisted-stalk (Streptopus amplexifolius)
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.
