Boreal Owl (Aegolius funereus), Havell plate no. 380
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Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1832
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, pastel, and black chalk with touches of black ink on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 21 3/16 x 14 13/16 in. (53.8 x 37.6 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:
1863.17.380
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower left in graphite: "No 75. Plate 375. --"; at lower right: "Male 1. F. 2."; birds numbered right and left respectively: "1"; "2"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1832
eMuseum Object ID:
27453
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Rufous Hummingbird (Selasphorus rufus), Havell plate no. 379
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Is owned by NYHS:
Yes
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Not promoted
Date:
1836-37
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, black ink, and gouache with touches of pastel and selective glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 21 1/8 x 15 15/16 in. (53.7 x 40.5 cm)
Mat: 35 x 27 in. (88.9 x 68.6 cm)
Description:
Males, above; females, below
Credit Line:
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number:
1863.17.379
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower left in graphite: "Ruff-necked Humming-bird / Trochilus rufus. Latham / No 77 / Plate 374"; at lower center: "Ruffed / Nootka Sound[crossed out] Humming Bird -- 1. 2. Males 3 F. & nest. -- / Trochilus rufus -- / Mr Havell will please to place the lower portion of the nest at point a marked abo[ve, cut] / and take off the leaf now there -- this will make the plate less, and for a bet[ter, cut] / calm position. / Victor must look in Swainson & Richardson's Fauna borealis -- for the name both English & Latin given to this bird, and / having it engraved -- I have to…ascertain[?] it. --"; at lower left of center below nest: "a"; at lower right in brown ink: "Plant / Cleome heptap[cut]"
Gallery Label:
The background flora has been identified as Spider flower (Cleome houtteana); Nest painted by Maria Martin
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1837
eMuseum Object ID:
27452
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Dunlin (Calidris alpina), Havell plate no. 290
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Classification:
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Not promoted
Date:
c. 1834-36
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, black ink, gouache, and black chalk with scratching out and selective glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 10 3/4 x 18 1/2 in. (27.3 x 47 cm)
Mat: 23 x 29 in. (58.4 x 73.7 cm)
Description:
Winter plumage, left; summer plumage, right
Credit Line:
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number:
1863.17.290
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at center in brown ink: "Red-backed Sandpiper, Summer plumage 1. Winter plumage 2. / TRIN[inserted]GA ALPINA, Lin."; birds numbered in brown ink[over graphite] right and left respectively: "1"; "2."; at lower right in graphite[erased]: "5..."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1836
eMuseum Object ID:
27451
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes), Havell plate no. 288
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Classification:
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Not promoted
Date:
1832
Medium:
Watercolor, gouache, black ink, and graphite with selective glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 14 9/16 x 21 1/8 in. (37 x 53.7 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:
1863.17.288
Gallery Label:
This composition may be by the hand of Audubon's assistant George Lehman
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1832
eMuseum Object ID:
27450
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Solitary Sandpiper (Tringa solitaria), Havell plate no. 289
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Classification:
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Not promoted
Date:
c. 1825
Medium:
Watercolor, collage, graphite, gouache, and pastel with touches of black ink, scratching out, and selective glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 14 9/16 x 20 7/8 in. (37 x 53 cm)
Mat: 23 x 29 in. (58.4 x 73.7 cm)
Description:
Winter plumage, left; summer plumage, right
Credit Line:
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number:
1863.17.289
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower left in graphite: "Long as these... / 2 legs."; birds numbered in brown ink right and left respectively : "1"; "2"; verso has extensive illegible inscriptions
Gallery Label:
Composition reworked and pasted on background at a later date
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1825
eMuseum Object ID:
27449
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Ivory Gull (Pagophila eburnea), Havell plate no. 287
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Classification:
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Not promoted
Date:
c. 1835
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, collage, black ink, and gouache with touches of glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 21 1/2 x 29 9/16 in. (54.6 x 75.1 cm)
Mat: 38 × 52 in. (96.5 × 132.1 cm)
Description:
Adult, left; immature, right
Credit Line:
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number:
1863.17.287
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower left of center in brown ink: "No 58." at lower center: "IVORY GULL, Lath. / LARUS EBURNEUS, Gm. Adult 1. Immature 2."; at lower right: "Plate 287."; at lower left in graphite[erased]: "No 58"; erased inscriptions in lower register
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1835
eMuseum Object ID:
27448
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Sabine's Gull (Xema sabini), Havell plate no. 285
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Classification:
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Not promoted
Date:
1835
Medium:
Watercolor and graphite with touches of black ink, scratching out, and selective glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 14 1/2 x 21 3/8 in. (36.8 x 54.3 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:
1863.17.285
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower left in brown ink: "No 57. / Plate 285."; at lower center in graphite: "FORK-TAILED GULL. / LARUS SABINII, SAB."; at lower right[erased]: "... / ... / ...Bird particularly / to Mr Blake. --"; verso inscriptions in brown ink illegible
Gallery Label:
A sanderling was added to the plate; Audubon was fortunate to see this gull in the harbor of Halifax, Nova Scotia, flying with a flock of Ring-billed gulls
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1835
eMuseum Object ID:
27447
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Purple Sandpiper (Calidris maritima), Havell plate no. 284
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Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1832-33
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, pastel, black chalk, and black ink with touches of white lead pigment and scratching out 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:
Winter plumage; male, left, and female, right. The taxonomic reference to "Brunn." refers to Morten Thrane Brünnich (1737-1827), Danish zoologist.
Credit Line:
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number:
1863.17.284
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower left in brown ink: "No 57. / Plate 284."; at lower left center: "Wilson's Plover / Charadrius wilsonius / 3. male Spring plumage."; at lower center: "Purple Sandpiper. / TRINGA MARITIMA, Brunn. 1. male adult Summer plumage 2. Female Winter."; birds numbered left and right respectively: "1"; "2"
Gallery Label:
Wilson's plover was added to the Havell plate
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1833
eMuseum Object ID:
27446
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Greater Shearwater (Puffinus gravis), Havell plate no. 283
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Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1833
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, pastel, black chalk, and black ink on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 14 13/16 x 21 5/8 in. (37.6 x 54.9 cm)
Mat: 23 x 29 in. (58.4 x 73.7 cm)
Description:
Male
Credit Line:
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number:
1863.17.283
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower left in brown ink: "No 57. Plate 283. --"; at lower right in brown ink[over erased graphite]: "Cinereous Petrel. Lath.[insert] male. / Puffinus cinereus, Cuv. / cinereous Petrel, Latham Puffinus cinereus, Cuvier."; at upper left in graphite[erased]: "No 57"
Gallery Label:
Although Audubon's inscription specifies "male," the sexes in this species are indistinguishable in appearance
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1833
eMuseum Object ID:
27445
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Iceland Gull (Larus glaucoides), Havell plate no. 282
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Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
c. 1832-33
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, pastel, and gouache with touches of black ink on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 21 1/2 x 29 9/16 in. (54.6 x 75.1 cm)
Mat: 32 × 58 in. (81.3 × 147.3 cm)
Description:
Immature, above; adult, below
Credit Line:
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number:
1863.17.282
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower left in graphite: "Plate 282. / No 57."; at lower left of center: "Adult 1. Young 2d autumn 2 --"; at lower center: "White-winged Silvery Gull. Larus leucopterus, Faber. L. arcticus MacGillivray -- L. glaucoides Temm."; above: "57[crossed out]"; above in middle left rock: "Make this darker than the Skie / and more rocky but Keep the skie as it is"; above in rock: "Make this ground more gravely --"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1833
eMuseum Object ID:
27444
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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