Collection Highlights
Medicine Man (Blackfoot): Plate 173
Date:
1866-68
Object Number:
1872.23.173
Medium:
Graphite and black ink on prepared card
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Tufted Titmouse (Baeolophus bicolor), Havell plate no. 39
Object Number:
1863.17.39
Date:
1822
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, gouache, and black ink with touches of black chalk and glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 18 5/8 x 11 11/16 in. (47.3 x 29.7 cm)
Mat: 29 x 23 in. (73.7 x 58.4 cm)
Marks:
Watermark: TURKEY MILLS / JWHATMAN [reversed]
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower left in brown ink: "No 8. Plate 39."; at lower center: "Crested Titmouse male 1. F. 2. / Parus bicolor. / Plant Pinus Strobus."; birds numbered upper and lower respectively: "1"; "2"
Description:
Male above; female below
Gallery Label:
The background flora has been identified as White pine (Pinus strobus).
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.
