Collection Highlights

Cayambe
Date:
1858
Object Number:
S-91
Medium:
Oil on canvas

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Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea), Havell plate no. 307; sketch of a second bird
ca. 1832
Greater Yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca), Havell plate no. 308
1831-32
Spotted Sandpiper (Actitis macularia), Havell plate no. 310
1821
American White Pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos), Havell plate no. 311
ca. 1831-32
Blue-winged Teal (Anas discors), Havell plate no. 313
1822
Lap desk
1800-1860
Fork excavated at a British Revolutionary War camp
1760-1775
Trumpeter Swan (Cygnus buccinator), Havell plate no. 406
c.1836-37
Light-mantled Albatross (Phoebetria palpebrata), Havell plate no. 407
1838
Black Scoter (Melanitta nigra), Havell plate no. 408
1838
Forster's Tern (Sterna forsteri) and Trudeau's Tern (Sterna trudeaui), Havell plate no. 409
1821; 1838
Gull-billed Tern (Sterna nilotica), Havell plate no. 410; sketch of an insect below bird's beak
1837
Tundra Swan (Cygnus columbianus), Havell plate no. 411
1838
Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens), Havell plate no. 112
1822
Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis), Havell plate no. 113
c. 1820-1822
White-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys), Havell plate no. 114
1814
Copying machine
1850-1910
Eastern Wood-Pewee (Contopus virens), Havell plate no. 115; very faint sketch of bill
1829
Brown Thrasher (Toxostoma rufum), Havell plate no. 116
1829
Mississippi Kite (Ictinia mississippiensis), Havell plate no. 117
1821
Warbling Vireo (Vireo gilvus), Havell plate no. 118
1829
Yellow-throated Vireo (Vireo flavifrons), Havell plate no. 119
1821
Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis), Havell plate no. 212
1832
Atlantic Puffin (Fratercula arctica), Havell plate no. 213
1833
Razorbill (Alca torda), Havell plate no. 214
1833

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