Collection Highlights
Siamese Twins
Date:
1836
Object Number:
LIB.SY.1836.55
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Audubon's Watercolors for The Birds of America
Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus), Havell plate no. 237
Object Number:
1863.17.237
Date:
1821
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, pastel, and black ink with touches of gouache and selective glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 19 1/8 x 23 15/16 in. (48.6 x 60.8 cm)
Mat: 27 x 35 in. (68.6 x 88.9 cm)
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower left in graphite: "Curlew / [three lines erased]"; at lower left of center: "Drawn from Nature / by John. J. Audubon"
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.
