Collection Highlights
Carolina Parakeet (Conuropsis carolinensis), Havell plate no. 26
Date:
c. 1825
Object Number:
1863.17.26
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, pastel, gouache, and black ink with scraping and selective glazing on paper, laid on card
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Wilson's Storm-Petrel (Oceanites oceanicus), Havell plate no. 270
Object Number:
1863.17.270
Date:
1831
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, black ink, and pastel with touches of glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 12 1/2 x 19 3/16 in. (31.8 x 48.7 cm)
Mat: 23 x 29 in. (58.4 x 73.7 cm)
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at upper left in graphite: "No 54"; at lower center: "Yellow billed Sea Swallow"; birds numbered left and right respectively: "1"; "2"; erased inscriptions at upper left
Gallery Label:
Sketched in 1831, probably completed later
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.
