Collection Highlights
Old Christmas : from the Sketch book of Washington Irving
Date:
1878
Object Number:
LIB.PS2069.C4
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Museum Collections
Audubon's Watercolors for The Birds of America
White-winged Scoter (Melanitta fusca), Havell plate no. 247
Object Number:
1863.17.247
Date:
1833
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, pastel, black chalk, and black ink with touches of gouache and selective glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 21 9/16 x 29 9/16 in. (54.8 x 75.1 cm)
Mat: 38 × 52 in. (96.5 × 132.1 cm)
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at upper left in graphite: "No 50 - 247 --"
Description:
Female, left; male, right
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.
