Burrowing Owl (Athene cunicularia), Little Owl (Athene noctua), Northern Pygmy-Owl (Glaucidium gnoma), and Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus), Havell plate no. 432
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Date:
1838
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, pastel, collage, black ink, gouache, and white lead pigment with selective scraping on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 19 7/8 x 28 5/8 in. (50.5 x 72.7 cm)
Mat: 27 x 35 in. (68.6 x 88.9 cm)
Description:
Male Burrowing Owl, upper left; female Burrowing Owl, lower left; Little Owl, left center; Pygmy Owls, upper right; Short-eared Owl, lower right
Credit Line:
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number:
1863.17.432
Marks:
Watermark: JWHATMAN
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower right in graphite: "Breadth 3 feet 4 Inches / Length to end of claws 15 1/2 Inches / " -- " -- " -- " -- " -- 15 -- " / Gape 1 Inch -- / Weight 1 lb 17 ozes / 2d Primary longest. / Lever large -- / Pouch about 2 1/2 Inches full[cut] / feathers ---"; at upper right[cut]: "Strix pass / Temm. / Pl. col."; pair at upper and lower left both numbered: "1"; center bird numbered: "3"; pair at upper right numbered: "2"
Gallery Label:
Of these birds, Audubon encountered only the Short-eared owl in North America. He included the Little owl, an old world species, after being misinformed as to its presence in Newfoundland. Specimens of Pygmy and Burrowing owls were provided by Dr. John Kirk Townsend
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1838
eMuseum Object ID:
27466
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Red-eyed Vireo (Vireo olivaceus), Least Flycatcher (Empidonax minimus), Small-headed Flycatcher (Sylvania microcephala)?, Black Phoebe (Sayornis nigricans), Blue Mountain Warbler (Syl. mont)?, Western Wood-Pewee (Contopus sordidulus), Havell plate no. 434
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Date:
1836
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Watercolor, graphite, pastel, and gouache with touches of black ink on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 21 1/4 x 11 5/8 in. (54 x 29.5 cm)
Mat: 29 x 23 in. (73.7 x 58.4 cm)
Description:
From upper to lower: Yellow-green Vireo, a race of the Red-eyed Vireo; Small-headed Flycatcher[?]; Least Flycatcher; Black Phoebe; Blue Mountain Warbler[?]; Western Wood-Pewee; two of the birds are mystery birds, never again being identified or collected
Credit Line:
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number:
1863.17.434
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at middle left in graphite: "Muscicapa Phoebe, Lath. / Tyrannula Richardsoni, Sur.[?] --"; at lower left: "Blue Mountain Warbr, / Sylvia montana / Will."; at lower center: "Muscicapa Phoebe, Lath."; below, in another hand: "muscicapa Phoebe [Short-legged Pewit Flycatcher] [61]"; below[erased]: "Columbia River May 29 1836."; at lower right: "Figuars[?] to be here --"; above, in another hand: "[rocky mountain Flycatcher] [60] / (Muscicapa nigricans)"; at middle right diagionally: "Little tyrannt Flycatcher -- / Muscicapa (Tyrannulla) pusilla? Swains."; above: "Brown eyed Vireo. / Vireo Bartrami. Swains."; at right vertically along border[seven lines of erased, illegible inscription]: "The... / parts... / C... / Co... / portion... / contain..."; birds numbered with two systems clockwise from lower right: "1"; "5"; "2"; "6"; "4"; "3"; "46"; "49"; "47"; "2"; "3"; "65"; at lower right corner: "434"
Gallery Label:
"Small-headed flycatcher" painted in Kentucky and the "Blue mountain warbler," based on a specimen in the Zooligical Society of London, have yet to be properly identified; The yellow-green vireo was painted from a specimen procured by William Swainson in Mexico
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1838
eMuseum Object ID:
27463
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Harris' Hawk (Parabuteo unicinctus), Havell plate no. 392
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Date:
1837
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Watercolor, graphite, pastel, and black ink with touches of gouache and glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 21 7/16 x 23 5/16 in. (54.5 x 59.2 cm)
Mat: 27 x 35 in. (68.6 x 88.9 cm)
Description:
Edward Harris accompanied Audubon on trips to the Gulf coast and the Missouri River, and was a patron of his early work. Audubon named this bird the Louisiana Hawk, and honored Harris in the Latin name, Falco harrisii. Although no longer the modern taxonomic designation, the modern name Harris' Hawk perpetuates Audubon's original intention.
Credit Line:
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number:
1863.17.392
Marks:
Watermark: JWHATMAN / 1836 [reversed]
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower right in graphite: "J.J.A 1837--"; at upper center diagonally: "All carnivorous Birds / either of the Land or Water / are both later & earlier in part[?]... of faces[?] / than most others"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1837
eMuseum Object ID:
27461
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Brant (Branta bernicla), Havell plate no. 391
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Date:
1824
Medium:
Watercolor, oil, black ink, graphite, pastel, and gouache with touches of glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 20 1/2 x 36 1/8 in. (52.1 x 91.8 cm), irregular
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:
1863.17.391
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1824
eMuseum Object ID:
27460
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Red-cockaded Woodpecker (Picoides borealis), Havell plate no. 389
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1821; c. 1836
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Watercolor, collage, graphite, black ink, pastel, and black chalk with touches of gouache and selective glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 18 13/16 x 11 5/8 in. (47.8 x 29.5 cm)
Mat: 29 x 23 in. (73.7 x 58.4 cm)
Description:
Female, above; males, below
Credit Line:
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number:
1863.17.389
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower left in graphite: "No 71 / 78 Pl. 389"; below in brown ink: "Drawn from Nature by. J.J. Audubon / Louisiana July 29th 1821."; at lower right in graphite: "Plate 353 / No 41[crossed out]"; below in brown ink: "Red Cockaded Woodpecker Male / Picus Querellus."; below in graphite: "Males 1, Female 2"; two upper birds numbered lower and upper respectively: "1"; "2"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1836
eMuseum Object ID:
27459
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Bullock's Oriole (Icterus bullockii), Tricolored Blackbird (Agelaius tricolor), and Yellow-headed Blackbird (Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus), Havell plate no. 388
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Date:
1836-37
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Watercolor, graphite, black ink, pastel, and gouache with touches of glazing on two sheets of paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 21 x 13 1/16 in. (53.3 x 33.2 cm)
Mat: 29 x 23 in. (73.7 x 58.4 cm)
Description:
From upper to lower: Bullock's Oriole, male; Tricolored Blackbird, male; Yellow-headed Blackbird, female; Yellow-headed Blackbird, immature; Yellow-headed Blackbird, male
Credit Line:
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number:
1863.17.388
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower left in graphite: "Yellow-headed Troupial. / Icterus icterocephalus, Bonap. / 1 Adult Male, 2 Female, 3 Young male."; at upper right: "Male Bird -- / Icterus bullockii -- Swainson!"; above: "Feath 9 1/2 Inches / by / 2 1/2 --"; three birds in lower section numbered clockwise from center: "1"; "2"; "3"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1837
eMuseum Object ID:
27458
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Dickcissel (Spiza americana), Havell plate no. 384
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Date:
1822
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Watercolor, graphite, pastel, gouache, and black ink with selective glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 18 15/16 x 11 7/8 in. (48.1 x 30.2 cm)
Mat: 29 x 23 in. (73.7 x 58.4 cm)
Description:
Female, left; male, right
Credit Line:
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number:
1863.17.384
Marks:
Watermark: TURKEY MILLS / JWHATMAN / 1817
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower left in graphite: "No 71. / J.J.Audubon -- / near Natchez -- / April 20th"; at lower center: "Black Throated Bunting -- male 1. F.2 / Emberyza americana -- [erased but legible and partially beneath: "Plate 194"]"; at lower right: "Plate 354"; birds numbered in graphite right and left respectively: "1"; "2"
Gallery Label:
The background flora has been identified as possibly Giant reed on left (Arundo donax) and Butter-and-eggs (Linaria vulgaris), right
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1822
eMuseum Object ID:
27457
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Long-eared Owl (Asio otus), Havell plate no. 383
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Date:
1829
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Watercolor, graphite, pastel, black ink, and gouache on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 21 5/16 x 14 1/2 in. (54.1 x 36.8 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:
1863.17.383
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower left in graphite: "No 72."; at lower center[erased]: "Long eared..."; at lower right: "Plate 359."; verso inscriptions in brown ink illegible
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1829
eMuseum Object ID:
27456
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Sharp-tailed Grouse (Tympanuchus phasianellus), Havell plate no. 382
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1836-37
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Watercolor, oil, graphite, pastel, black ink, and gouache with scratching out and touches of glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 20 3/8 x 29 5/16 in. (51.8 x 74.5 cm)
Mat: 31 x 41 in. (78.7 x 104.1 cm)
Description:
Adults
Credit Line:
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number:
1863.17.382
Marks:
Watermark: JWHATMAN / 18[?]
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower right in graphite: "Sharp-Tailed Grous. male 1. Female 2 --"; birds numbered right and left respectively: "1"; "2"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1837
eMuseum Object ID:
27455
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Snow Goose (Chen caerulescens), Havell plate no. 381
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c. 1833-34
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Watercolor, graphite, pastel, black chalk, and black ink with touches of gouache on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 24 x 37 3/8 in. (61 x 94.9 cm)
Mat: 32 x 42 in. (81.3 x 106.7 cm)
Description:
Snow Goose, adult, left; Blue Goose[phase], adult, right
Credit Line:
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number:
1863.17.381
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1834
eMuseum Object ID:
27454
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