Carbonated Swamp Warbler (Dendroica carbonata)?, Havell plate no. 60
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Date:
1811; c. 1825
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, pastel, black chalk, and black ink with touches of gouache on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 18 9/16 x 11 7/8 in. (47.1 x 30.2 cm)
Mat: 29 x 23 in. (73.7 x 58.4 cm)
Description:
Male. One of Audubon's mystery birds, not associated with any known species.
Credit Line:
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number:
1863.17.60
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower left in graphite[erased and modified by another hand]: "[?] A / No 12. Plate 60. -- / Carbonated Warbler. Male 1. Young M. 2 / Sylvia carbonata / Plant Vulgo Service Tree / Pyrus Botryapium / Henderson Kent. 7. May 1811. J.J.A"; at lower center[erased]: "Pyrus Botryapium"; at lower right: "Published 1822[?cut]"; birds numbered lower and upper respectively: "1"; "2"
Gallery Label:
The background flora has been identified as probably Juneberry (Amelanchier arborea or Amelanchier laevis), probably a copy Audubon made around 1825 of a drawing done in May 1811.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1825
eMuseum Object ID:
27250
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Chestnut-sided Warbler (Dendroica pensylvanica), Havell plate no. 59
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Date:
1812; c. 1825
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, pastel, gouache, and black ink with selective glazing on two sheets of paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 17 x 10 5/8 in. (43.2 x 27 cm)
Mat: 29 x 23 in. (73.7 x 58.4 cm)
Description:
Female, above; male, below
Credit Line:
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number:
1863.17.59
Marks:
Watermark: JWHATMAN
Inscriptions:
Inscribed on upper sheet of paper at lower left in brown ink: "No 124[4 scraped out] 59[in graphite] / May 17th 1812 Pennsa"; at lower center on upper sheet: "Silvia Pensylvanica / Figuier a Poitrine Rouge de Buffon -- / Chesnut Sided Warbler. A.W. drawn by J.J. Audubon"; on lower sheet at left of center: "Chesnut-Sided Warbler / Male 1. F. 2. / Sylvia icterocephala. / Plant Verbascum Blattaria / var. fl. albicante / Moth Mullein"; birds numbered left and right respectively: "1"; "2"
Gallery Label:
The background flora has been identified asMoth mullein (Verbascum blattaria); upper bird done 1812; male at left and branch where perched added ca. 1825; working proof- proof set #3 in N-YHS collection (Wilbur fund February 19, 1947); drawing extended 3" at bottom
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1825
eMuseum Object ID:
27249
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Hermit Thrush (Catharus guttatus), Havell plate no. 58
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Date:
1822
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, and pastel with touches of black ink and gouache on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 17 1/2 x 11 5/16 in. (44.5 x 28.7 cm)
Mat: 29 x 23 in. (73.7 x 58.4 cm)
Description:
Male, above; female, below
Credit Line:
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number:
1863.17.58
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower left in brown ink: "No 12. Plate 58. / Published 1829. / Hermit Thrush Male 1. F. 2. Tawny Thrush[crossed out] / Turdus solitarius. Wilson pl. 43. fig. 3. p. 95. / Plant Bromelia lycis...[crossed out]"; below in graphite: "John. J. Audubon"; at lower right of center: "Male"; birds numbered upper and lower respectively: "1"; "2"; erased inscriptions in lower register
Gallery Label:
The background flora has been identified as probably Deciduous holly (Ilex decidua). The background flora was painted by both Mason and Audubon; bird at top painted in 1822, the lower bird was added later
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1822
eMuseum Object ID:
27248
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Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus), Havell plate no. 56
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Date:
c. 1826
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, pastel, black ink, and collage with selective glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 35 1/4 x 25 1/8 in. (89.5 x 63.8 cm)
Mat: 53 x 39 in. (134.6 x 99.1 cm)
Description:
Female, above; male, below
Credit Line:
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number:
1863.17.56
Marks:
Watermark: JWHATMAN
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower right of center in brown ink: "Red-shouldered Hawk. Male 1. F. 2. -- / Falco lineatus."; at lower right: "No 12 Plate 56"; birds numbered lower and upper respectively: "1"; "2"
Gallery Label:
The background flora has been identified as possibly White oak (Quercus alba); 1809 drawing of this subject is owned by the Princeton University Library. (See Princeton University Library Chronicle vol. XV Summer 1954, No. 4, page 169 ff.)
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1826
eMuseum Object ID:
27247
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Black-crowned Night-Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax), Havell plate no. 236
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Date:
1832
Medium:
Watercolor, gouache, black ink, graphite, pastel, and collage with scratching out and selective glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 25 7/16 x 37 7/8 in. (64.6 x 96.2 cm)
Mat: 39 x 53 in. (99.1 x 134.6 cm)
Description:
Adult, left; immature, right
Credit Line:
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number:
1863.17.236
Marks:
Watermark: JWHATMAN / 1831
Inscriptions:
Birds numbered in graphite at lower center in face: "1"; and at upper right: "2"
Gallery Label:
The background flora has been identified as Zephyr lily (Zephyranthes atamasco)
Provenance:
Mrs. John J. (Lucy Bakewell) Audubon
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1832
eMuseum Object ID:
27245
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Cuvier's Kinglet (Regulus cuvieri)?, Havell plate no. 55
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Date:
1812
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, pastel, and gouache with selective glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 14 11/16 x 10 9/16 in. (37.3 x 26.8 cm)
Mat: 29 x 23 in. (73.7 x 58.4 cm)
Description:
Male. One of Audubon's mystery birds, not associated with any known species.
Credit Line:
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number:
1863.17.55
Marks:
Watermark: JWHATMAN / 1810 [reversed]
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower left in brown ink: "No 11 Plate 55. / published 1829"; below in graphite: "June 8th 1812. Fatland ford / Pensyla / Drawn from Nature by / J.J.A"; at lower center in brown ink: "Cuvier's Wren Male / Regulus Cuvierii --[over erased] ...Ruby Wren..."; at lower right: "Plant / Kialmia Latifolia"; below in graphite: "Vulgarly called Laurel"; at middle right[erased]: "Regulus Carbunculus / Regulus Ca... / J.J.A / Kalmia Latifolia"
Gallery Label:
The flora has been identified as Mountain laurel (Kalmia latifolia). This is the state flower of CT and PA.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1812
eMuseum Object ID:
27244
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Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo), Havell plate no. 1
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Date:
c. 1825
Medium:
Watercolor, black ink, graphite, pastel, collage, and gouache with touches of metallic pigment and selective glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 39 7/16 x 26 3/8 in. (100.2 x 67 cm)
Mat: 52 x 38 in. (132.1 x 96.5 cm)
Description:
Adult male
Credit Line:
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number:
1863.17.1
Gallery Label:
The background flora has been identified as cane (Arundinaria gigantea or Arundinaria); Originally engraved by William H. Lizars in Edinburgh, Scotland and later retouched by Havell; Rescued from a fire that nearly destroyed all of the plates in 1845; Wild turkey lost out to the Bald eagle as America's national symbol
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1825
eMuseum Object ID:
27205
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Wood Duck (Aix sponsa), Havell plate no. 206
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Date:
1821; c. 1825
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, pastel, collage, and black ink with touches of gouache, scraping, and selective glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 38 1/16 x 25 7/8 in. (96.7 x 65.7 cm)
Mat: 53 x 39 in. (134.6 x 99.1 cm)
Description:
Males, left; females, right
Credit Line:
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number:
1863.17.206
Marks:
Watermark: JWHATMAN / 18[?] / TURKEY MILL
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at right of center in graphite: "The Circle around the / eye, and the upper Mandible / as in the Male above --"; birds numbered clockwise from upper center[written over]: "1"; "2[over 3]"; "2[over 4]"
Gallery Label:
The background flora has been identified as Sycamore (Platanus occidentalis) and Resurrection fern (Polypodium polypodioides)
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1825
eMuseum Object ID:
27195
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Violet-green Swallow (Tachycineta thalassina) and Bank Swallow (Riparia riparia), Havell plate no. 385
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Date:
1824; c. 1837
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, pastel, black ink, and gouache with touches of black chalk and glazing on two sheets of paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 23 9/16 x 14 7/8 in. (59.8 x 37.8 cm)
Mat: 35 x 27 in. (88.9 x 68.6 cm)
Description:
From upper to lower: Violet-green Swallow, male; Violet-green Swallow, female; Bank Swallow, adult; Bank Swallows, immature
Credit Line:
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number:
1863.17.385
Marks:
Watermark: JWHATMAN / [cut]
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower left in graphite: "P.e 189"; two upper birds numbered in black ink and graphite: "1"; "2"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1837
eMuseum Object ID:
27190
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Eastern Towhee (Pipilo erythrophthalmus), Havell plate no. 29
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Date:
1822
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, pastel, black ink, gouache with selective glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Mat: 29 x 23 in. (73.7 x 58.4 cm)
Sheet: 18 7/8 × 11 11/16 in. (47.9 × 29.7 cm)
Description:
Male above; female below
Credit Line:
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number:
1863.17.29
Marks:
Watermark: TURKEY MILL / JWHATMAN
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower left in graphite: "No 6 -- / Plate 29 / April 13th 1822 / Weight 1 1/2 ozs."; at lower right: "Plant Vulgo Blackberry"; below: "Pl. 195"; at upper center: "Male 1"; at middle left: "Female 2"
Gallery Label:
The background flora has been identified as Blackberry (Rubus argutus). This watercolor is one of the final collaborations between Audubon and Mason.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1822
eMuseum Object ID:
27144
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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