Collection Highlights

The Course of Empire: The Savage State
Date:
ca. 1834
Object Number:
1858.1
Medium:
Oil on canvas (relined)

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Milestone
ca. 1822-23
Trumpeter Swan (Cygnus buccinator), Havell plate no. 376
1822
Limpkin (Aramus guarauna), Havell plate no. 377
1836-37
Northern Hawk-Owl (Surnia ulula), Havell plate no. 378
1836-37
American Flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber), Havell plate no. 431
1838
Cover (lid), photography accessory
1850-1870
Black-throated Mango (Anthracothorax nigricollis), Havell plate no. 184
c. 1832
Bachman's Warbler (Vermivora bachmanii), Havell plate no. 185
1833
Writing desk
ca. 1795
Greater Prairie-Chicken (Tympanuchus cupido), Havell plate no. 186
1824
Boat-tailed Grackle (Quiscalus major), Havell plate no. 187
1832
Sandwich Tern (Sterna sandvicensis), Havell plate no. 279
1832
Black Tern (Chlidonias niger), Havell plate no. 280
c. 1835
Iceland Gull (Larus glaucoides), Havell plate no. 282
c. 1832-33
Greater Shearwater (Puffinus gravis), Havell plate no. 283
1833
Purple Sandpiper (Calidris maritima), Havell plate no. 284
1832-33
Sabine's Gull (Xema sabini), Havell plate no. 285
1835
Ivory Gull (Pagophila eburnea), Havell plate no. 287
c. 1835
Solitary Sandpiper (Tringa solitaria), Havell plate no. 289
c. 1825
Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes), Havell plate no. 288
1832
Dunlin (Calidris alpina), Havell plate no. 290
c. 1834-36
Rufous Hummingbird (Selasphorus rufus), Havell plate no. 379
1836-37
Boreal Owl (Aegolius funereus), Havell plate no. 380
1832
Snow Goose (Chen caerulescens), Havell plate no. 381
c. 1833-34
Sharp-tailed Grouse (Tympanuchus phasianellus), Havell plate no. 382
1836-37

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