Collection Highlights

The Course of Empire: Destruction
Date:
1836
Object Number:
1858.4
Medium:
Oil on canvas (relined)

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Laughing Gull (Larus atricilla), Havell plate no. 314
1829
Anhinga (Anhinga anhinga), Havell plate no. 316; study of a neck and head
1822; 1836
Surf Scoter (Melanitta perspicillata), Havell plate no. 317
1833
Wool wheel (bench only)
1700-1800
Least Tern (Sternula antillarum), Havell plate no. 319
1821; c. 1833
Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla), Havell plate no. 320
c. 1825
Redhead (Aythya americana), Havell plate no. 322
c. 1832-33
Black Skimmer (Rynchops niger), Havell plate no. 323; two sketches of a bill
1821
Bonaparte's Gull (Chroicocephalus philadelphia), Havell plate no. 324
c. 1821; 1830
Bufflehead (Bucephala albeola), Havell plate no. 325
1833
Upland Sandpiper (Bartramia longicauda), Havell plate no. 303
c. 1825
California Quail (Callipepla californica), Havell plate no. 413; sketch of a spider
1837
Brown Creeper (Certhia americana) and Pygmy Nuthatch (Sitta pygmaea), Havell plate no. 415
c. 1836
Sausage Grinder
1800-1850
Swift stand
1750-1850
Pelagic Cormorant (Phalacrocorax pelgicus) and Brandt's Cormorant (Phalacrocorax penicillatus), Havell plate no. 412
1836
form for lobster pot
1825-1900
form for lobster pot
1825-1900
Hairy Woodpecker (Picoides villosus; subspecies audubonii and harrisi) and Three-toed Woodpecker (Picoides dorsalis), Havell plate no. 417
1838
Hermit Thrush (Catharus guttatus), Townsend's Solitaire (Myadestes townsendi), and Gray Jay (Perisoreus canadensis), Havell plate no. 419
1836
Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus), Havell plate no. 420
1838
Snowy Owl (Bubo scandiacus), Havell plate no. 121
1829
Music box disc
ca. 1895
Orange-crowned Warbler (Vermivora celata), Havell plate no. 178
1832
Blue Grosbeak (Guiraca caerulea), Havell plate no. 122
1821; 1829

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