Swainson's Warbler (Limnothlypis swainsonii), Havell plate no. 198; six studies of bills and claws
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Date:
c. 1832
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, gouache, black ink, and pastel with selective glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Mat: 29 x 23 in. (73.7 x 58.4 cm)
Sheet (paper): 21 3/16 × 14 3/16 in. (53.8 × 36 cm)
Credit Line:
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number:
1863.17.198
Marks:
Watermark: JWHATMAN / 1830
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower left in gray ink, above upper studies: "Bill & hind toe with claw / of the Sylvia vermivora"; below, above lower studies: "Bill, hind toe & claw / of the present species. --"
Gallery Label:
The background flora has been identified as Flame azalea (Rhododendron calendulaceum).
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1832
eMuseum Object ID:
27521
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Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Regulus calendula), Havell plate no. 195
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Date:
1833
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, collage, pastel, and gouache with selective glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 20 1/4 x 11 7/8 in. (51.4 x 30.2 cm)
Mat: 29 x 23 in. (73.7 x 58.4 cm)
Description:
Males
Credit Line:
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number:
1863.17.195
Inscriptions:
Birds numbered in brown ink upper and lower respectively: "1"; "2"; inscribed at upper right corner in graphite: "95"
Gallery Label:
The background flora has been identified as Sheep laurel (Kalmia angustifolia); bird at bottom pasted onto compostion
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1833
eMuseum Object ID:
27520
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Boreal Chickadee (Poecile hudsonica), Havell plate no. 194
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Date:
1833
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, pastel, black ink, and black chalk with touches of gouache on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 21 3/16 x 14 1/8 in. (53.8 x 35.9 cm)
Mat: 29 x 23 in. (73.7 x 58.4 cm)
Description:
Adults, above; young, below
Credit Line:
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number:
1863.17.194
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at middle left in graphite: "Female"; at lower right of center: "Parus Hudsonicus --"; at lower right: "Labrador July 20th 1833 -- / opposite Island of Macatine -- / J.J.A."; at middle right: "Male"; birds numbered in brown ink clockwise from upper center: "1"; "3"; "2"
Gallery Label:
The background flora has been identified as probably Black chokeberry (Aronia melanocarpa); copper plate of engraving at the NY Botanical gardens
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1833
eMuseum Object ID:
27519
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Lincoln's Sparrow (Melospiza lincolnii), Havell plate no. 193
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Date:
1833
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, pastel, and gouache with touches of black ink and selective glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 21 5/16 x 14 1/8 in. (54.1 x 35.9 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:
1863.17.193
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower left in graphite[erased]: "1 -- Cornus fuisica / 2 … / 3 …"; at lower center: "July 31st -- 1832 -- Fringilla Auduboni -- No 6 --"; at upper right corner in graphite: "93"; birds numbered upper and lower respectively: "1"; "2"; plants numbered from lower left to upper right in brown ink and graphite: "1"; "2"; "3"
Gallery Label:
The background flora has been identified as Northern dwarf cornel (Cornus suecica), Baked-apple berry (Rubus chamaemorus), and Bog laurel (Kalmia polifolia)
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1833
eMuseum Object ID:
27518
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Northern Shrike (Lanius excubitor), Havell plate no. 192
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Date:
1833
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, pastel, black chalk, and black ink with touches of gouache and glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 29 5/16 x 20 5/8 in. (74.5 x 52.4 cm)
Mat: 52 × 38 in. (132.1 × 96.5 cm)
Description:
Adult Northern Shrikes, upper three; immature Northern Shrike, lower left; Horned Lark, lower right; for Havell plate no. 192, Victor Gifford Audubon inserted a tiny grasshopper onto the branch above the bird at middle left, at his father's request.
Credit Line:
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number:
1863.17.192
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower right in graphite: "Crata[e]gus apiifolia"; birds numbered in brown ink counterclockwise from upper center: "1"; "2"; "3"; "4"
Gallery Label:
The background flora has been identified as Parsley haw (Crataegus apiifolia)
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1833
eMuseum Object ID:
27517
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Willow Ptarmigan (Lagopus lagopus), Havell plate no. 191
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Date:
1833
Medium:
Watercolor, black ink, pastel, graphite, black chalk, gouache, and white lead pigment with scratching out and selective glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 25 1/16 x 36 1/16 in. (63.7 x 91.6 cm)
Mat: 39 x 53 in. (99.1 x 134.6 cm)
Description:
Male, breeding plumage, left; female with young, right
Credit Line:
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number:
1863.17.191
Inscriptions:
Birds numbered in brown ink left and right respectively: "1"; "2"; plants numbered right and left respectively: "1"; "2"
Gallery Label:
The background flora has been identified as Beach pea (Lathyrus maritimus), Roseroot (Sedum rosea), and Labrador tea (Ledum groenlandicum)
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1833
eMuseum Object ID:
27516
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Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus varius), Havell plate no. 190
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Date:
1822
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, black ink, gouache, pastel, and black chalk with selective glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 21 3/16 x 13 1/8 in. (53.8 x 33.3 cm)
Mat: 29 x 23 in. (73.7 x 58.4 cm)
Description:
Male, upper center; female, below
Credit Line:
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number:
1863.17.190
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at upper right corner in graphite: "90"
Gallery Label:
The background flora has been identified as Carolina laurel cherry (Prunus caroliniana)
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1822
eMuseum Object ID:
27515
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Townsend's Warbler, Audubon's Warbler, Mountain Bluebird, Western Bluebird, Black-throated Gray Warbler, and Hermit Warbler, Havell plate nos. 393 and 395
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1836-37
Medium:
Watercolor, pastel, graphite, and gouache with touches of black ink and selective glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 20 x 14 1/4 in. (50.8 x 36.2 cm)
Mat: 29 x 23 in. (73.7 x 58.4 cm)
Description:
The birds from the lower section and the bird at the top of this watercolor were engraved for Havell plate no. 393. The other birds were used on Havell Plate no. 395, as well as a branch with red pods from watercolor 1863.18.12
Clockwise from upper left: Townsend's Warbler (Dendroica townsendi), male; Audubon's Warbler (Dendroica coronata auduboni), male and immature; Mountain Bluebird (Sialia currucoides), female and male; Western Bluebird (Sialia mexicana), male and female; Black-throated Gray Warbler (Dendroica nigrescens), two males; Hermit Warbler (Dendroica occidentalis), male and female
Credit Line:
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number:
1863.17.393
Marks:
Watermark: JWHATMAN
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at upper left in graphite[erased]: "Males / ...May13th --1835--"; below: "Sylvia Townsendii... / 79 X[erased and repeated throughout] "; to the right: "2. Males May 29th 1835"; below: "Sylvia / Occidentalis..."; at middle right: "Carolina / allspice ---"; above: "80"; at upper right: "audubon"; at upper right corner: "393 -- 395"; at lower left in brown ink[over graphite]: "No 76. / Plate 380."; at lower left of center: "1, 2. Western blue Bird. / Sialia occidentalis, Townsend:"; at lower center: "3. 4, Arctic blue bird. / Sylvia arctica. / 7, 8. Hermit W.r / Sylvia occidentalis, Townsend. -- / 9. Townsend's Wr -- / Sylvia Townsendii, Aud."; at lower right of center: "5, 6 Black throated Grey W.r / S. nigrescens, Townsend. / 10, 11. Audubon's W.r / Sylvia audubonii, Nuttall."; at lower right: "Plant / Calycanthus floridu[cut] / Carolina allspice"; birds numbered clockwise from lower center: "2"; "6"; "5"; "7"; "8"; "9"; "10"; "11"; "4"; "3"; "1"
Gallery Label:
The background flora has been identified as Carolina allspice (Calycanthus floridus)
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1837
eMuseum Object ID:
27503
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Willet (Tringa semipalmata)
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Date:
1824
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, black ink, and pastel with touches of gouache and glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 11 1/2 x 18 15/16 in. (29.2 x 48.1 cm)
Mat: 23 x 29 in. (58.4 x 73.7 cm)
Description:
Female, summer plumage
Credit Line:
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number:
1863.18.16
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower left in black ink: "Drawn from Nature by John J. Audubon / Philadelphia May 9th 1824"; at lower center: "Semi-palmated Snipe. Female / Scolopax Semi-palmata"; at lower right in graphite: "21"; below in black ink: "Weight. 1 lb 1/2 oz. troy -- / Eggs = Shot no. 1 --"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1824
eMuseum Object ID:
27498
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Lark Bunting (Calamospiza melanocorys) and Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia), Havell plate no. 390; incomplete sketches of two birds
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Date:
1836-37
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, and black ink on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 19 13/16 x 13 15/16 in. (50.3 x 35.4 cm)
Mat: 29 x 23 in. (73.7 x 58.4 cm)
Description:
Song Sparrow, male, left; Lark Bunting, male, upper right; Lark Bunting, female, lower right; the Lark Sparrow (Chondestes grammacus) was added at the upper left to compose Havell plate no. 390, inserted from watercolor 1863.17.394
Credit Line:
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number:
1863.17.390
Marks:
Watermark: JWHATMAN
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower left in graphite: "No 7 -- / Pl. 188. [erased] 5. Browns... / Tringa..."; below in brown ink[over erased graphite]: "No 76 / Plate 378. --"; at lower center: "1, 2, Black-throated Bunting / Emberiza Americana. / 5. Brown Song Sparrow, Male. / Fringilla cinerea, Gmel. --"; at lower right: "3, 4. Prairie Finch / Fringilla bicolor, Townsend. --"; above in graphite: "Female May 28th 1836 -- / Platte River. -- J.K. Townsend --"; at middle right: "perhaps it would be w[cut] / to reverse this figure?"; at upper right diagonally: "Black throated Bunting Male"; at center: "Female Blk throated"; birds numbered in brown ink counterclockwise from upper center: "1"; "2"; "5"; "4[in graphite, No 8--]"; "5"; "3[in graphite, No 6]"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1837
eMuseum Object ID:
27497
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