American Coot (Fulica americana), Havell plate no. 239
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Date:
1831
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, pastel, black chalk, and black ink with selective glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 14 1/2 x 21 1/4 in. (36.8 x 54 cm)
Mat: 23 x 29 in. (58.4 x 73.7 cm)
Credit Line:
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number:
1863.17.239
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1831
eMuseum Object ID:
27677
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Ring-necked Duck (Aythya collaris), Havell plate no. 234
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Date:
1821
Medium:
Watercolor, oil, pastel, graphite, black ink, and gouache on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 14 1/16 x 19 3/16 in. (35.7 x 48.7 cm)
Mat: 23 x 29 in. (58.4 x 73.7 cm)
Description:
Female, left; male, right
Credit Line:
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number:
1863.17.234
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1821
eMuseum Object ID:
27676
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Sora (Porzana carolina), Havell plate no. 233
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Date:
1821; 1833
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Watercolor, graphite, collage, pastel, black chalk, black ink, and gouache on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 14 13/16 x 21 1/2 in. (37.6 x 54.6 cm)
Mat: 23 x 29 in. (58.4 x 73.7 cm)
Description:
Male, center; female, left ; young, right
Credit Line:
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number:
1863.17.233
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at upper left in graphite: "47.214"
Gallery Label:
Male at center probably drawn in New Orleans on February 5, 1821; reworked and added to later composition, completed ca. 1821; bird at center is cut out and pasted on
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1833
eMuseum Object ID:
27675
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Grasshopper Sparrow (Ammodramus savannarum), Havell plate no. 130
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Date:
1812
Medium:
Watercolor, pastel, black chalk, graphite, and gouache with scratching out on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 16 7/8 x 10 5/16 in. (42.9 x 26.2 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:
1863.17.130
Marks:
Watermark: JWHATMAN / 1810
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower left in brown ink: "No 14. May 12th 1812. Pensa"; at lower center: "Yellow Winged Sparrow A. W. / Fringilla Passerina / drawn by J.J.Audubon ---"; at middle left in graphite: "12"; at upper right corner: "30"; erased inscriptions in lower register
Gallery Label:
The background flora has been identified as Moss phlox (Phlox sublata)
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1812
eMuseum Object ID:
27666
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Great Crested Flycatcher (Myiarchus crinitus), Havell plate no. 129
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Date:
c. 1824
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Watercolor, graphite, pastel, and black chalk with touches of black ink and gouache, and selective glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 18 5/8 x 11 1/2 in. (47.3 x 29.2 cm)
Mat: 34 x 26 in. (86.4 x 66 cm)
Description:
Males
Credit Line:
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number:
1863.17.129
Marks:
Watermark: TURKEY MILLS / JWHATMAN
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower left in graphite[erased]: "April 17th"; at upper right corner, vertically: "29"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1824
eMuseum Object ID:
27665
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Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis), Havell plate no. 128
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Date:
1822
Medium:
Watercolor, pastel, black chalk, gouache, graphite, and black ink with selective glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 18 13/16 x 11 9/16 in. (47.8 x 29.4 cm)
Mat: 35 x 27 in. (88.9 x 68.6 cm)
Description:
Male, above; female, below
Credit Line:
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number:
1863.17.128
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at upper right corner in graphite: "28"; erased inscriptions at lower left
Gallery Label:
The background flora has been identified as Blackberry (probably Rubus argutus)
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1822
eMuseum Object ID:
27664
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Rose-breasted Grosbeak (Pheucticus ludovicianus), Havell plate no. 127
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Date:
1829
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Watercolor, graphite, black ink, pastel, and gouache with selective glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 29 1/4 x 19 1/2 in. (74.3 x 49.5 cm)
Mat: 41 x 31 in. (104.1 x 78.7 cm)
Description:
Immature males, upper two; adult males, lower two
Credit Line:
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number:
1863.17.127
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at upper right in graphite: "Young 15th August"; birds numbered from upper to lower: "4"; "3"; "1"; "1"
Gallery Label:
The background flora has been identified as Canada yew (Taxus canadensis)
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1829
eMuseum Object ID:
27663
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Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus), Havell plate no. 126
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Date:
1829
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, pastel, and black ink with touches of gouache, scraping, and selective glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 36 5/8 x 24 13/16 in. (93 x 63 cm)
Mat: 53 x 39 in. (134.6 x 99.1 cm)
Description:
Immature
Credit Line:
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number:
1863.17.126
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1829
eMuseum Object ID:
27662
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Rock Ptarmigan (Lagopus muta) and White-tailed Ptarmigan (Lagopus leucura), Havell plate no. 418
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Date:
1838
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Watercolor and graphite with touches of black chalk and gouache, and scraping on two sheets of paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 10 7/16 x 23 3/16 in. (26.5 x 58.9 cm)
Left Sheet: 10 7/16 x 14 3/8 in. (26.5 x 36.5 cm)
Right Sheet: 10 7/16 x
Description:
Male Rock Ptarmigan in transitional plumage, left; adult White-tailed Ptarmigan, winter plumage, right
Credit Line:
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number:
1863.17.418
Inscriptions:
Inscribed on left sheet, at lower left in graphite: "Male / Killed at N. Winter Island / 30th May 1822."; at lower right: "American Ptarmigan / Male -- / [cut]"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1838
eMuseum Object ID:
27655
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Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus), Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus) Red-shafted, Red-breasted Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus ruber), Lewis's Woodpecker (Melanerpes lewis), and Hairy Woodpecker (Picoides villosus), Havell plate no. 416
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Date:
1822; Winter 1836-37
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Watercolor, collage, black ink, pastel, graphite, gouache, and black chalk with scratching out and selective glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 37 3/16 x 24 5/16 in. (94.5 x 61.8 cm)
Mat: 53 x 39 in. (134.6 x 99.1 cm)
Description:
Hairy Woodpecker, male and female, upper left; Red-bellied Woodpecker, male and female, upper right; Northern Flicker(Red-Shafted western race), male and female, center; below: Lewis' Woodpecker, male and female; Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, male and female, lower left and right
Credit Line:
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number:
1863.17.416
Marks:
Watermark: JWHATMAN / 1836
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower left in brown ink: "Red Shafted Woodpecker. / Picus mexicanus. -- Swain. / 1. male 2. female. -- / No 72...[cut]"; at lower left of center: "Lewis Woodpecker. / Picus torquatus, Wils. / 3. male, 4 Female"; at lower center: "Red breasted Woodpecker. / Picus flaviventris, Viell. / 5. male, 6 female. --"; at lower right of center: "Red bellied Woodpecker / Picus carolinus. -- L. / 7. male, 8 Female}[bracket]"; at lower right: "Hairy Woodpecker / Picus villosus, L. / 9 male 10, Female. / Red-cockaded Woodpecker / Picus guerulus, Wils.-- / 11. male, 12 Do. 13 female.--"; to the right[crossed out]: "Red Cockaded Woodpecker"; birds identified and annotated in graphite counterclockwise beginning at upper left: "Hairy"; "Hairy"; "...Tuesday--"; "Picus ruber"; "46 Colaptes rubricatus, Bonap."; "Red bellied"; "Colla[cut, under collaged piece]"; "[erased]...length...all these birds...This!-- / This species.."; birds numbered counterclockwise from upper left in graphite: "9/ 9"; "10"; "2"; "3"; "5"; "4"; "6"; "8"; "7"; 13"; at lower left in brown ink: "5"; "6"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1837
eMuseum Object ID:
27654
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