Collection Highlights
Pictorial map of New York and vicinity, showing the suburban towns, and railroad and water communications
Date:
1871
Object Number:
LIB.NS4.M32.3.10.1
Medium:
Black ink on paper, backed with cloth
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Museum Collections
Drawings
Thick-billed Murre (Uria lomvia), Havell plate no. 245
Object Number:
1863.17.245
Date:
1833
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, pastel, and black chalk with touches of black ink and scratching out on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 14 9/16 x 20 7/16 in. (37 x 51.9 cm)
Mat: 23 x 29 in. (58.4 x 73.7 cm)
Marks:
Watermark: JWHATMAN / 1830
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower left in graphite below head[erased]: "...the whites"; below tail feathers: "12...22"; erased inscriptions throughout
Description:
Winter plumage
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.
