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Untitled (Skating in Central Park, N.Y.)
Date:
ca. 1890
Object Number:
PR.020.50.2
Medium:
Photograph

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Hooded Warbler (Wilsonia citrina), Havell plate no. 110; sketch of seed pod
1821
Pileated Woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus), Havell plate no. 111
c. 1824-29
Canada Goose (Branta canadensis), Havell plate no. 201
c. 1821; 1833
Red-throated Loon (Gavia stellata), Havell plate no. 202
1833
King Rail (Rallus elegans), Havell plate no. 203
c. 1815; 1833-34
Clapper Rail (Rallus longirostris), Havell plate no. 204
1833-34
Virginia Rail (Rallus limicola), Havell plate no. 205
c. 1820; 1833-34
Brown Booby (Sula leucogaster), Havell plate no. 207
1832
Eskimo Curlew (Numenius borealis), Havell plate no. 208
1833
Wilson's Plover (Charadrius wilsonia), Havell plate no. 209
1832
Least Bittern (Ixobrychus exilis), Havell plate no. 210
1820; 1832
Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias), Havell plate no. 211
1821; 1834
Great Crested Grebe (Podiceps cristatus), Havell plate no. 292; two sketches of a foot
1835
Tammany Bank
ca. 1875
Canvasback (Aythya valisineria), Havell plate no. 301
1834; 1843
American Black Duck (Anas rubripes), Havell plate no. 302
c. 1832-34
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
Tombstone (First used as the pedestal for the equestrian statue of George III)
ca. 1770
Trumpeter Swan (Cygnus buccinator), Havell plate no. 406
c.1836-37

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