Collection Highlights
Panoramic View of New York City (in Eight Sections)
Date:
1842-45
Object Number:
1915.76
Medium:
Black ink over graphite on eight sheets of ivory paper with partial black ink borders, laid on Japanese paper
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Luce Center
Studies of Two Bats and a Bat Ear
Object Number:
Z.3299
Date:
1842
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, pastel, black ink with scratching out on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 19 x 11 7/8 in. ( 48.3 x 30.1 cm )
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at middle left in graphite: "Female.--"; at lower left: "New York Jan y 13th 1842 -- /from Specimens rec' alive / from J. Bachman, / J.J.A"; in upper right: "Male.-- / Length of Body 2 Inches 2/12. / Tail--1--" 3/12-- / extent.--9--"--2/12-- / outward distance of Ears 10/12-- / Weight 86 Grains--"; below: "Vespertilio crepuscularis, Le Conte!"; below graphite sketch of ear: "Ear--"
Description:
Drawings of the back view of a male bat and side view of female bat crawling, from live specimens of the species Audubon called Vespertilio crepuscularis, perhaps the little brown bat. Included on this page is a tiny, very detailed, graphite drawing of the head and ear structure of this bat. Formerly S-16.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
