Great Gray Owl (Strix nebulosa), Havell plate no. 351
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Date:
c. 1834-1836
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, pastel, and black ink with scratching out and selective glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 34 5/16 x 25 1/4 in. (87.2 x 64.1 cm)
Mat: 53 x 39 in. (134.6 x 99.1 cm)
Description:
Adult
Credit Line:
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number:
1863.17.351
Marks:
Watermark: JWHATMAN / 18[?] [reversed]
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower left in graphite: "No 71"; at lower center: "Rase[over "Rise"] the Bird about 4 Inches on the Copper higher than / in this drawing, and put a Landscape below of Wild Mountains / and Woods"; below: "Great cinereous Owl Female. Plate 351[over 362]"; at lower right[partially erased]: "bill along the bridge 1 1/2 in -- / ...gap 1 3/4 in -- / Breadth of Tail " -- 1 1/2 " -- / height of middle claw 1 in / First Claw 7/8 in / ...5 primary longest ... and 8th equal -- / 11 inches from root -- / ...very short -- / Female --"
Gallery Label:
Havell neglected to add a landscape, but he did move the owl up on the page and added several inches to the upper portion of the branch in the engraving
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1836
eMuseum Object ID:
27848
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Mountain Plover (Charadrius montanus), Havell plate no. 350
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Date:
1836
Medium:
Watercolor and graphite with touches of pastel and scratching out on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 11 9/16 x 16 13/16 in. (29.4 x 42.7 cm)
Mat: 23 x 29 in. (58.4 x 73.7 cm)
Description:
Adult female
Credit Line:
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number:
1863.17.350
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower left in brown ink: "No 70. / Plate 350."; at lower center: "Rocky Mountain Plover. / Charadrius montana. Townsend. / Adult Female. ---"; at upper center in graphite: "Rocky mountain Plover. -- Charadrius Montana? / Townsend --"; at upper right: "Rocky Mountain / female. June 4. 1834. / JK. Townsend -- / Length of Tail 2 1/2 Inches, 12 feathers / 2 outer ones broadly banded & Tipped / with dull buff white / First primary length. -- 1/4 of Inch. / quills white -- under wing coverts / Whiter -- / Wings & Tail even -- / Leg, beyond the Tail 1 Inch -- / breadth of Gape 1/4 Inch -- / J.J.A / Oct.r 1836"
Gallery Label:
Havell added a mountain background in his engraving of this work
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1836
eMuseum Object ID:
27847
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Smew (Mergellus albellus), Havell plate no. 347
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Date:
c. 1834-35
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, pastel, oil, and black ink with scratching out and touches of glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 28 1/4 x 20 5/8 in. (71.8 x 52.4 cm)
Mat: 35 x 27 in. (88.9 x 68.6 cm)
Description:
Male, above; female, below. A European species, it is doubtful that Audubon observed it in America.
Credit Line:
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number:
1863.17.347
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower left in graphite[partially erased]: "No. -- Plate 348[crossed out] 349"; at lower center: "Male. 1, Female 2"; birds numbered upper and lower respectively: "1"; "2"; erased inscriptions in lower register
Gallery Label:
Although, Audubon claimed he shot the female bird on "Lake Barataria, not far from New Orleans in the winter of 1819," modern ornithologists question the occurence of this Old World species in that location
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1835
eMuseum Object ID:
27846
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pacific Loon (Gavia pacifica), Havell plate no. 346
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Date:
c. 1834
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, pastel, black ink, black chalk, and gouache with scratching out and selective glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 25 5/16 x 38 3/16 in. (64.3 x 97 cm)
Mat: 39 x 53 in. (99.1 x 134.6 cm)
Description:
Young, winter plumage, center; adults, summer plumage, left and right; formerly Arctic Loon: Pacific Loon recently distinguished from the Arctic Loon by the lack of white rear flanks, a slightly thinner neck, rounder head, and more horizontal bill position.
Credit Line:
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number:
1863.17.346
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower left in graphite: "J.J.A. No 70 -- Plate 346"; at lower center: "Black-throated Diver / Colymbus arcticus, Linn. 1 Adult male Spring plumage -- 2 female, 3 Young first Autumn"; birds numbered from left to right: "1"; "3"; "2"
Gallery Label:
Watercolor perhaps from a drawing of 1820 with specimens collected in England
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1834
eMuseum Object ID:
27845
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
American Wigeon (Anas americana), Havell plate no. 345
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Date:
c. 1821
Medium:
Watercolor, oil, pastel, graphite, black ink, and gouache with selective glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 18 5/16 x 27 13/16 in. (46.5 x 70.6 cm)
Mat: 27 x 35 in. (68.6 x 88.9 cm)
Description:
Male, left; female, right
Credit Line:
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number:
1863.17.345
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower left in brown ink: "Drawn by John J Audubon from Nature / New Orleans 1820"; at lower of lower center: "Weight of Male 1 lb. 12 Oz. / Length to end of tail 20 3/4 In. / Breadth ……… 33 1/2 " / Tail Feathers …… 16 "-- "; at lower center: "American Widgeon / Anas Americana"; below in graphite: partial signature[cut]; at lower right: "Weight of Female 1 lb. 7Oz-- / Length to end of tail 18 1/2 In. / Breadth ………. 31 " / Tail feathers... 16 "-- "
Gallery Label:
In the plate version Havell reversed the position of the two birds, setting the female slightly in front of the male; in the original the male is at left
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1821
eMuseum Object ID:
27844
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Swainson's Hawk (Buteo swainsoni), Havell plate no. 372
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Date:
1836-37
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, pastel, and black ink with scratching out and touches of glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 30 3/16 x 24 13/16 in. (76.7 x 63 cm)
Mat: 41 x 31 in. (104.1 x 78.7 cm)
Description:
Female with Marsh Rabbit (Sylvilagus palustris). The lizard, probably a Texas Horned Lizard (Phrynosoma cornutum), was inserted into Havell plate no. 386, Great Egret.
Credit Line:
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number:
1863.17.372
Marks:
Watermark: JWHATMAN / 1836
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower left in graphite: "Dark Water"; below in brown ink: "No 77 / Plate 381."; at lower left of center: "5 Horned Agama. / Tapayaxin of Hernandes."; at lower center: "1. Common Buzzard, Female. / Buteo vulgaris."; at lower right of center: "2 Slate-coloured Hawk Male / 3 Female / Falco velox, wils."; at lower right: "4 Marsh Hare, Female / Lepus palustris, Bachman."; specimens numbered clockwise starting with bird in graphite: "1"; "4 Female"; "5"; partially erased inscription under lizard: "...coloured..."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1837
eMuseum Object ID:
27840
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Passenger Pigeon (Ectopistes migratorius), Havell plate no. 62
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Date:
1824
Medium:
Watercolor, pastel, graphite, gouache, black chalk, and black ink on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 26 5/16 x 18 1/2 in. (66.8 x 47 cm)
Mat: 40 x 30 in. (101.6 x 76.2 cm)
Description:
Female, above; male, below
Credit Line:
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number:
1863.17.62
Marks:
Watermark: JWHATMAN / 1810
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower left in brown ink "No 13. Plate 62. / Published 1829. / Drawn from Nature / Pittsburgh. Pena. / J.J.Audubon"; at lower center: "Passenger Pigeon Male 1. Female 2 / Columba migratoria"; birds numbered lower and upper respectively: "1"; "2"
Gallery Label:
Two other versions of Audubon's passenger pigeons exist- an earlier version made in Louisville,KY on December 11, 1809 now in the Houghton Library, Harvard University; an oil copy of the present picture by Joseph Kidd now in the collection of Harvard Univesity's Museum of Comparative Zoology
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1824
eMuseum Object ID:
27827
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House Wren (Troglodytes aedon), Havell plate no. 83
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Date:
c. 1824-29
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, pastel, gouache, black chalk, and touches of black ink on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 19 3/16 x 11 5/8 in. (48.7 x 29.5 cm)
Mat: 29 x 23 in. (73.7 x 58.4 cm)
Description:
Female feeding young, left; adult male, right
Credit Line:
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number:
1863.17.83
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower left in brown ink: "No 17. Plate 83."; at lower center: "House Wren. Male 1. F. 2. Young 3.4.5"; below in graphite[erased]: "Troglodytes Aedon[crossed out] aedon / ad / aedon[crossed out] / ...[illegible]"; birds numbered in brown ink counterclockwise from upper center: "1"; "2"; "3"; "4"; "5"
Gallery Label:
House wren perched on hat made in PA in 1812; painting completed ca. 1824; 2 colored engravings and copper plate (1946.167) in N-YHS collections; 1812 picture in the collection of the Houghton Library, Harvard University; there is also an oil copy made by Kidd in the PA Academy of Fine Arts
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1829
eMuseum Object ID:
27824
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Tricolored Heron (Egretta tricolor), Havell plate no. 217
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Is owned by NYHS:
Yes
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Date:
1832
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, pastel, gouache, white lead pigment, and black ink with scratching out and selective glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 21 1/2 x 29 1/2 in. (54.6 x 74.9 cm)
Mat: 30 x 40 in. (76.2 x 101.6 cm)
Description:
Adult, breeding plumage
Credit Line:
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number:
1863.17.217
Marks:
Watermark: JWHATMAN / 183[?]
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at upper center in graphite[erased]: "no spots of White over..."; verso inscriptions in brown ink illegible
Gallery Label:
The background flora has been identified as Royal palms (Roystonea elata)
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1832
eMuseum Object ID:
27823
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Red-eyed Vireo (Vireo olivaceus), Havell plate no. 150
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Classification:
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Date:
1822
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, and black chalk with touches of pastel, gouache, and black ink, and selective glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 18 9/16 x 11 3/4 in. (47.1 x 29.8 cm)
Mat: 29 x 23 in. (73.7 x 58.4 cm)
Credit Line:
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number:
1863.17.150
Marks:
Watermark: TURKEY MILLS / JWHATMAN / 1817
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower left in brown ink: "No 15. Plate 74. / Published / 1829."; at upper right corner in graphite diagonally: "50"
Gallery Label:
The background flora has been identified as Honey locust (Gleditsia triacanthos)
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1822
eMuseum Object ID:
27821
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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