Gull-billed Tern (Sterna nilotica), Havell plate no. 410; sketch of an insect below bird's beak
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Date:
1837
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, black ink, and gouache on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 21 3/4 x 15 13/16 in. (55.2 x 40.2 cm)
Mat: 29 x 23 in. (73.7 x 58.4 cm)
Description:
Adult plumage
Credit Line:
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number:
1863.17.410
Marks:
Watermark: JWHATMAN / 1836
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower left in graphite[erased]: "...Blue Jay Tern..."; at lower center in graphite: "Marsh tern. Sterna anglica"; at lower right: "Ent. Cof / 16"; at upper right: "Marsh Tern -- / Sterna arenea or anglica? / Length of Middle Tail feather 3 Inches / -- " -- " -- Longest -- " -- " -- 4 1/2 " -- / Alar extent. -- 33. " -- / general colour above paler than[cut] / S. Hirundo -- / Cry loud and hoars. -- distinguishable[cut] / all others of the Genus. -- / Beneath pure white / eyes light greyish hazel. --"
Gallery Label:
Audubon accidentally left this painting at Rev. John Bachman's home, fortunately Bachman was able to ship it to London to be included in the "Birds of America"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1837
eMuseum Object ID:
27580
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Forster's Tern (Sterna forsteri) and Trudeau's Tern (Sterna trudeaui), Havell plate no. 409
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1821; 1838
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Watercolor, graphite, black ink, pastel, and gouache with selective glazing on two sheets of paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 14 3/4 x 21 7/16 in. (37.5 x 54.5 cm)
Mat: 23 x 29 in. (58.4 x 73.7 cm)
Description:
Forster's tern, winter plumage, above; Trudeau's tern, below; Audubon originally named one of these birds "Havell's Tern", after his engraver Robert Havell Jr.
Credit Line:
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number:
1863.17.409
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower left in graphite: "Sterna Phillipsi 1."; at lower center: "Sterna Trudeaui 2. --"; above right: "[cut]… in the Eddy -- / New Orleans in the Winter of 20-21 when thousands of / the same Species were gambolling over the River - I then / Drew it - but have no Skins of it; and through fear of / Confusing myself I dare not publish it -- / I have notwithstanding named it -- "Black billed Tern" / & Sterna Ludoviciana - / J.J.A. ---"
Gallery Label:
Trudeau's tern is a South American species which has not been found in the U.S. since Audubon's time
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1838
eMuseum Object ID:
27579
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Black Scoter (Melanitta nigra), Havell plate no. 408
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Date:
1838
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, pastel, collage, and black ink with touches of glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 16 1/16 x 22 1/16 in. (40.8 x 56 cm)
Mat: 23 x 29 in. (58.4 x 73.7 cm)
Description:
Female, upper left; male, lower right
Credit Line:
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number:
1863.17.408
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower left in graphite: "[cut]No 82. Plate 408. American Scoter Duck. --"; at upper right, inverted: "[5 lines erased]...Plate 408. / No. 82"; birds numbered front and rear respectively: "1"; "2"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1838
eMuseum Object ID:
27578
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Light-mantled Albatross (Phoebetria palpebrata), Havell plate no. 407
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Date:
1838
Medium:
Watercolor, pastel, graphite, black chalk, and black ink on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 21 x 28 11/16 in. (53.3 x 72.9 cm)
Mat: 33 x 43 in. (83.8 x 109.2 cm)
Credit Line:
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number:
1863.17.407
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower left in graphite[cut]: "22[?]"; at lower right of center: "Brown Albatros / Diomedea fusca."; at lower right: "No 82. Plate 407."; above: "Total Length 28 Inches -- / Breadth 55 Inches --"; to right of tail: "12 Feathers / Very broad --"; above: "first quill longest --"
Gallery Label:
For Havell's engraving, a background of land and water was added.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1838
eMuseum Object ID:
27577
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Trumpeter Swan (Cygnus buccinator), Havell plate no. 406
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Date:
c.1836-37
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, oil, black ink, pastel, and black chalk with scratching out, scraping, and touches of glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 23 1/16 x 37 13/16 in. (58.6 x 96 cm)
Mat: 39 x 53 in. (99.1 x 134.6 cm)
Description:
Adult
Credit Line:
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number:
1863.17.406
Gallery Label:
Swans were prized and slaughtered for their feathers, for use as quill pens and powder puffs and other ornamental and pratical uses; Almost extinct at the beginning of the 20th century, conservation measures in the Northwest helped restore the population; Trumpter swan now rarely seen on the Missouri river where Audubon observed one in 1843
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1837
eMuseum Object ID:
27576
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Blue-winged Teal (Anas discors), Havell plate no. 313
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Yes
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Date:
1822
Medium:
Watercolor, oil, pastel, black ink, and graphite with selective glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 19 15/16 x 28 15/16 in. (50.6 x 73.5 cm)
Mat: 31 x 41 in. (78.7 x 104.1 cm)
Description:
Male, below left; female, above right
Credit Line:
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number:
1863.17.313
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at upper left vertically in graphite: "Weight of the male 3/4 of a Pound / Total Length -- 16 Inches Legs equal / Breadth -- 24 3/4 do / Tail feathers 16 in number"; at lower left in brown ink: "Drawn by John J Audubon / from Nature -- New Orleans Feby -- 1822"; at lower left of center: "Weight of Male 12 ounces / Total length -- 16 in. / Breadth 24 3/4 " / 16 Tail feathers Legs equal --"; at lower center: "Blue Winged Teal / Anas Discors"; at lower right: "Weight of Female 11 ounces / Length 15 In. / Breadth 23 1/2 "-- "; at middle right in graphite[erased and cut]: "Weight of female / Length -- / Breadth--"; at upper right[erased]: "Weight of Female 11. ozes / …Inches -- 15. -- / --23…"
Gallery Label:
In Havell's engraving, the birds are flying high over the land
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1822
eMuseum Object ID:
27572
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American White Pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos), Havell plate no. 311
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Date:
ca. 1831-32
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Watercolor, graphite, pastel, and black chalk with touches of black ink, scratching out, and scraping on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 37 x 25 1/16 in. (94 x 63.7 cm)
Mat: 53 x 39 in. (134.6 x 99.1 cm)
Description:
Adult, summer plumage
Credit Line:
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number:
1863.17.311
Marks:
Watermark: JWHATMAN / 183[?]
Gallery Label:
Prelimary drawing with background and possibly bird done by Lehman; horizontal format; head facing outward, not profile (1863.18.36)
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1832
eMuseum Object ID:
27571
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Spotted Sandpiper (Actitis macularia), Havell plate no. 310
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Date:
1821
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, pastel, black chalk, and gouache with touches of black ink and selective glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 16 1/2 x 22 5/8 in. (41.9 x 57.5 cm)
Mat: 23 x 29 in. (58.4 x 73.7 cm)
Description:
Adults in transition from spotted summer plumage to unspotted winter plumage
Credit Line:
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number:
1863.17.310
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower left in graphite: "J.J. Audubon"; below: "J. J"; at lower right: "65 / Louisianna -- / August --"; at lower center[erased]: "...Piper"; erased inscriptions in lower register
Gallery Label:
Scene of Bayou Sara in background sketched in pencil
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1821
eMuseum Object ID:
27570
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Greater Yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca), Havell plate no. 308
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Date:
1831-32
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, gouache, pastel, and black chalk with scraping and selective glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 14 7/8 x 24 5/16 in. (37.8 x 61.8 cm)
Mat: 23 x 29 in. (58.4 x 73.7 cm)
Description:
Winter plumage
Credit Line:
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number:
1863.17.308
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at upper left in graphite: "55-273"; at upper right: "62"
Gallery Label:
George Lehman painted the Florida scene in the background and may have also helped with the yellowlegs
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1832
eMuseum Object ID:
27569
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Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea), Havell plate no. 307; sketch of a second bird
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Date:
ca. 1832
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, pastel, and black ink with touches of gouache, scratching out, and selective glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 20 3/8 x 28 15/16 in. (51.8 x 73.5 cm)
Mat: 31 x 41 in. (78.7 x 104.1 cm)
Description:
Adult, breeding plumage
Credit Line:
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number:
1863.17.307
Marks:
Watermark: JWHATMAN / 1830 [reversed]
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at upper right in graphite[cut]: "…with…crooked... / you will cut out and place near or on the outline / made on this try to Shew a portion or the whol[cut] / of one leg and foot. --"[indicating outline of second stationary bird in profile at upper right]; birds numbered left and right respectively: "1"; "2"
Gallery Label:
Another version of an unpublished drawing Little Blue Heron (1863.18.39); For the plate version, Havell included a heron in the white plumage of the young standing in the left background
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1832
eMuseum Object ID:
27568
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