American Golden-Plover (Pluvialis dominica); two studies of a foot, Havell plate no. 300

Classification: 
Date: 
c. 1815; c. 1830
Medium: 
Watercolor, graphite, collage, black ink, and pastel with touches of glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions: 
Paper: 14 9/16 x 21 11/16 in. (37 x 55.1 cm) Mat: 23 x 29 in. (58.4 x 73.7 cm)
Description: 
Greater Golden-Plover, below right and possibly above right; Lesser Golden-Plover, left
Credit Line: 
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number: 
1863.17.300
Inscriptions: 
Inscribed at middle left in graphite[erased]: "Extend the … / of the eye as marked / here! --- "; at lower center[erased]: "…ground and put distant mountains"; birds numbered counterclockwise from the lower right: "1"; "2"; "3"; erased inscriptions at lower center
Gallery Label: 
Birds on left ca. 1815; birds on right ca. 1830; for the Havell plate the bird in flight was moved forward and the bird on the left was turned to face opposite direction and a landscape was added to the plate
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1830
eMuseum Object ID: 
27495
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Audubon's Shearwater (Puffinus lherminieri), Havell plate no. 299

Classification: 
Date: 
1826; c. 1835
Medium: 
Watercolor, graphite, black ink, and pastel[?] on paper, laid on card
Dimensions: 
Paper: 13 3/4 x 20 3/8 in. (34.9 x 51.8 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: 
1863.17.299
Inscriptions: 
Inscribed at lower center in graphite: "Please Show the Legs & feet as much as you can / through the transparency of the Water, which I should / Like you to have as in the Razor billed Auk! / You may have distant rocky shores --"
Gallery Label: 
Painting ca. 1835 based on a pencil sketch made on June 26, 1826; Havell completed the compostion according to Audubon's instructions
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1835
eMuseum Object ID: 
27494
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Red-necked Grebe (Podiceps grisegena), Havell plate no. 298

Classification: 
Date: 
c. 1832-33
Medium: 
Watercolor, graphite, oil, pastel, and collage with touches of black ink 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: 
Summer plumage, left; winter plumage, right
Credit Line: 
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number: 
1863.17.298
Inscriptions: 
Inscribed at upper center diagonally in graphite: "The Yellow on this / bill must be light / and pure as is that / colour in the / other bird's bill / at the base --"; birds numbered in brown ink left and right respectively: "1"; "2"
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1833
eMuseum Object ID: 
27493
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Harlequin Duck (Histrionicus histrionicus), Havell plate no. 297

Classification: 
Date: 
1833
Medium: 
Watercolor, collage, graphite, pastel, and black ink with scratching out on paper, laid on card
Dimensions: 
Paper: 21 1/2 x 29 1/4 in. (54.6 x 74.3 cm) Mat: 31 x 41 in. (78.7 x 104.1 cm)
Description: 
Adult male, left; immature male, upper right; female, below
Credit Line: 
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number: 
1863.17.297
Marks: 
Watermark: JWHATMAN / 1831
Inscriptions: 
Inscribed at upper left in graphite: "60 Pl 297"; birds numbered clockwise from left: "1"; "2"; "3"
Gallery Label: 
Two birds at right probably painted by John Woodhouse in Maine in spring 1833 and later pasted onto his father's composition
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1833
eMuseum Object ID: 
27492
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Manx Shearwater (Puffinus puffinus), Havell plate no. 295

Classification: 
Date: 
1831; [1833]
Medium: 
Watercolor, graphite, and black ink on paper, laid on card
Dimensions: 
Paper: 14 3/4 x 21 3/8 in. (37.5 x 54.3 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: 
1863.17.295
Inscriptions: 
Inscribed at lower right in graphite: "Manks Puffin -- Edwards. / Puffinus anglorum, Ray."; at upper center: "Pufinus anglorum[crossed out]"
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1831
eMuseum Object ID: 
27491
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Pectoral Sandpiper (Calidris melanotos), Havell plate no. 294

Classification: 
Date: 
1832
Medium: 
Watercolor, graphite, black and brown ink, pastel, and gouache with scraping and touches of glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions: 
Paper: 14 3/4 x 21 3/8 in. (37.5 x 54.3 cm) Mat: 23 x 29 in. (58.4 x 73.7 cm)
Description: 
Adults
Credit Line: 
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number: 
1863.17.294
Inscriptions: 
Inscribed at upper right in graphite: "59 -- 294"; erased inscriptions throughout
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1832
eMuseum Object ID: 
27490
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Horned Puffin (Fratercula corniculata), Havell plate no. 293

Classification: 
Date: 
c. 1834-35
Medium: 
Watercolor, graphite, and pastel with touches of gouache 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: 
Summer plumage
Credit Line: 
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number: 
1863.17.293
Inscriptions: 
Inscribed at lower center in graphite: "LARGE-BILLED PUFFIN. MORMON glacialis, Leach."; birds numbered left and right respectively: "1"; "2"
Gallery Label: 
Specimens were provided by John Gould, a distinguished bird artist
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1835
eMuseum Object ID: 
27489
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Herring Gull (Larus argentatus), Havell plate no. 291

Classification: 
Date: 
1831
Medium: 
Watercolor, graphite, pastel, black chalk, and black ink with touches of gouache, white lead pigment, and glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions: 
Paper: 37 1/4 x 25 5/16 in. (94.6 x 64.3 cm) Mat: 53 x 39 in. (134.6 x 99.1 cm)
Description: 
Adult, breeding plumage, above; immature, below
Credit Line: 
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number: 
1863.17.291
Inscriptions: 
Inscribed at lower left in graphite: "No 58 -- 286 -- / take the leg off / Seen in the Bird on / Wing --"["X" on leg to indicate removal]; birds numbered upper and lower respectively: "1"; "2"
Gallery Label: 
Unpublished drawing,Herring Gull (1863.18.38); immature gull is the work of Lehman, who also painted the view of St. Augustine harbor; Audubon added the flying adult bird to Lehman's composition
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1831
eMuseum Object ID: 
27488
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Snow Bunting (Plectrophenax nivalis), Havell plate no. 189

Classification: 
Date: 
1832-33
Medium: 
Watercolor, graphite, gouache, black ink, and black chalk on paper, laid on card
Dimensions: 
Paper: 21 1/16 x 14 3/16 in. (53.5 x 36 cm) Mat: 29 x 23 in. (73.7 x 58.4 cm)
Description: 
Adults, winter plumage, upper left and lower right; immature, winter plumage, below
Credit Line: 
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number: 
1863.17.189
Inscriptions: 
Inscribed at lower right in graphite: "J.J.A"; erased inscriptions in lower register
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1833
eMuseum Object ID: 
27487
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

American Tree Sparrow (Spizella arborea), Havell plate no. 188

Classification: 
Date: 
1832
Medium: 
Watercolor, graphite, and gouache with touches of pastel and black ink on paper, laid on card
Dimensions: 
Paper: 21 1/2 x 14 7/16 in. (54.6 x 36.7 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: 
1863.17.188
Inscriptions: 
Inscribed at upper right corner in graphite: "88"
Gallery Label: 
The background flora has been identified as American barberry (Berberis canadensis)
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1832
eMuseum Object ID: 
27486
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

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