Collection Highlights
View from Cozzen's Hotel Near West Point, N.Y.
Date:
1863
Object Number:
S-189
Medium:
Oil on canvas
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Tennessee Warbler (Vermivora peregrina), Havell plate no. 154
Object Number:
1863.17.154
Date:
1821
Medium:
Watercolor, pastel, graphite, black ink, and gouache with selective glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 18 x 11 7/16 in. (45.7 x 29.1 cm)
Mat: 29 x 23 in. (73.7 x 58.4 cm)
Marks:
Watermark: TURKEY MILLS / JWHATMAN
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower left in brown ink: "Drawn from Nature by John. J. Audubon / James Pirrie's Plantation Louisana Octr 17th 1821"; at lower center: "Tennessee Warbler Male / Sylvia Peregrina"; at middle right in graphite[erased]: "Long / Julio[?]"; at upper right corner :"54"
Gallery Label:
The background flora has been identified as Dahoon (Ilex cassine).
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.
