Common Tern (Sterna hirundo), Havell plate no. 309
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Classification:
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Date:
ca. 1834
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, and black ink with touches of gouache on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 21 5/8 x 14 11/16 in. (54.9 x 37.3 cm)
Mat: 29 x 23 in. (73.7 x 58.4 cm)
Description:
Summer plumage
Credit Line:
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number:
1863.17.309
Marks:
Watermark: JWHATMAN / 18[?]
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower left in graphite: "Common Tern - / Sterna Hyrundo."
Gallery Label:
Another version in N-YHS collections is a preliminary sketch (1821) with less detail in plumage and slightly more vertical plunge of tern (1863.18.33)
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1834
eMuseum Object ID:
27648
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Hooded Merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus), Havell plate no. 232
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Classification:
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Date:
1821
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, pastel, black chalk, and gouache with selective glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 19 3/4 x 29 3/8 in. (50.2 x 74.6 cm)
Mat: 30 x 40 in. (76.2 x 101.6 cm)
Description:
Male, left; female, right
Credit Line:
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number:
1863.17.232
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower right in brown ink[over erased graphite]: "Female. / Total Length 17 1/2. Inches / to end of claws 16 1/2. --"-- / Breadth -- 24. --"-- / Weight. -- 1lb -- / Weight of Male 1lb 7 onces"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1821
eMuseum Object ID:
27645
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Long-billed Curlew (Numenius americanus), Havell plate no. 231
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Date:
1831
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, black ink, gouache, and pastel with scratching out and selective glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 25 1/16 x 37 3/4 in. (63.7 x 95.9 cm)
Mat: 39 x 53 in. (99.1 x 134.6 cm)
Description:
Adults
Credit Line:
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number:
1863.17.231
Inscriptions:
Birds numbered in graphite lower and upper respectively: "1"; "2"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1831
eMuseum Object ID:
27644
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Sanderling (Calidris alba), Havell plate no. 230
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Classification:
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Date:
1824
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, black ink, and black chalk on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 14 13/16 x 21 7/16 in. (37.6 x 54.5 cm)
Mat: 23 x 29 in. (58.4 x 73.7 cm)
Description:
Winter plummage, left; breeding plumage, right
Credit Line:
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number:
1863.17.230
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at upper left? in graphite: "Plate 285"; at middle right: "arenaria"; at?; "...Bird."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1834
eMuseum Object ID:
27643
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Greater Scaup (Aythya marila), Havell plate no. 229
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Classification:
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Date:
1822
Medium:
Watercolor, oil, black ink, pastel, graphite, and gouache with scratching out on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 14 1/8 x 21 7/8 in. (35.9 x 55.6 cm)
Mat: 23 x 29 in. (58.4 x 73.7 cm)
Description:
Male, left; female, right
Credit Line:
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number:
1863.17.229
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower left in brown ink[over graphite]: "John J. Audubon from Nature / New Orleans Feby 1822"; at lower left of center: "Weight of male 1 lb 6 ounces / Length …….16 1/2 In / Breadth. --- 29 -- " / Feet beyond the tail 1 1/2 / Tail feathers -- 14 no"; at lower center: "Scaup Duck / Anas Marila"; at lower right: "Weight of female 1 lb. 6 ounces / Length ------- 16 1/2 in / Breadth 28 -- " / Legs beyond tail -- 1 -- " / Tail feathers -- 14 -- no"; at middle left in graphite[erased]: "no 66 / Plate 288."; at middle right[erased]: "6 / 16-- 1/2 inch."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1822
eMuseum Object ID:
27642
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Green-winged Teal (Anas carolinensis), Havell plate no. 228
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Classification:
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Date:
1822
Medium:
Watercolor, oil, graphite, black ink, pastel, and gouache with selective glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 14 3/16 x 18 9/16 in. (36 x 47.1 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:
1863.17.228
Marks:
Watermark: JWHATMAN / 1818
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower left in brown ink[cut]: "[Jo]hn J Audubon from Nature / Orleans Feby. 1822"; at left of lower center: "Weight of Female 10 Ounces. / Length. -- 13 3/4 Inches / Breadth. 22 1/2 -- " / Legs Beyond -- 1/2 -- " "; at lower center: "Green-Winged Teal / Anas Crecca / Sarcelle d'hyver at New orleans."; at lower right: "Weight of Male 10 Oz. / Breadth …. 2 feet / Length ….... 1 " 2 3/4 In."; at upper right in graphite: "No 46. / Plate 229."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1822
eMuseum Object ID:
27641
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Northern Pintail (Anas acuta), Havell plate no. 227
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Classification:
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Date:
1822
Medium:
Watercolor, oil, pastel, black chalk, black ink, and graphite with touches of white lead pigment and glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 19 7/16 x 29 15/16 in. (49.4 x 76 cm)
Mat: 31 x 41 in. (78.7 x 104.1 cm)
Description:
Male, right front; female, behind
Credit Line:
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number:
1863.17.227
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1822
eMuseum Object ID:
27640
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Whooping Crane (Grus americana), Havell plate no. 226
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Classification:
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Date:
1821–22; 1829–33
Medium:
Watercolor, oil, gouache, graphite, white lead pigment, black ink, and pastel with selective glazing on paper, laid on Japanese paper
Dimensions:
Paper: 37 1/4 x 25 3/4 in. (94.6 x 65.4 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:
1863.17.226
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower right in graphite: "No 46. P. 229[crossed out] 6."; verso inscribed in brown ink over original graphite inscription: "Length 5 feet 5/12 / Breadth 7-- " -- 8/12. / Weight 13 to 3/4 avoir du poid / male Bird-"; below: "Length.. / Breadth.. / Weight...A.S.P. / 1820 Louisiana / Male"
Gallery Label:
Original copper plate housed in the U.S. National Museum (1938)
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1822
eMuseum Object ID:
27639
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus), Havell plate no. 225
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Date:
c. 1821-25
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, pastel, and black ink with touches of gouache and glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 16 3/16 x 22 3/16 in. (41.1 x 56.4 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:
1863.17.225
Inscriptions:
Birds numbered in graphite left and right respectively: "1"; "2"; erased inscription at lower left[cut]: "...bird / ...-- / 17 / Wil..."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1825
eMuseum Object ID:
27635
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
White Ibis (Eudocimus albus), Havell plate no. 222
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Classification:
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Date:
1821
Medium:
Watercolor, collage, graphite, pastel, black chalk, oil, and gouache with touches of black ink, scratching out, and selective glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 20 7/8 x 25 1/2 in. (53 x 64.8 cm)
Mat: 27 x 35 in. (68.6 x 88.9 cm)
Description:
Adult, left; immature, right
Credit Line:
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number:
1863.17.222
Gallery Label:
Composition was prepared from two cut-out drawings of the birds and pasted onto this background
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1821
eMuseum Object ID:
27634
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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