Collection Highlights
Badge of the Society of the Cincinnati
Date:
ca. 1802
Object Number:
1972.12ab
Medium:
Silk, gold, enamel
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Museum Collections
Drawings
Tufted Puffin (Fratercula cirrhata), Havell plate no. 249
Object Number:
1863.17.249
Date:
c. 1834-35
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, pastel, black ink, and gouache with scratching out and touches of glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 14 11/16 x 21 9/16 in. (37.3 x 54.8 cm), irregular
Mat: 23 x 29 in. (58.4 x 73.7 cm)
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower left in brown ink: "No 50."; at lower center: "Tufted Auk. Adult Male. -- / Mormon cirrhatus, Temm. --"; at lower right: "Plate 249."; at middle left in graphite[erased]: "20 by 14 1/2"; verso inscriptions in brown ink illegible
Description:
Breeding plumage; male, right; female, left
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.
