Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus), Havell plate no. 31
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Date:
1828
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, pastel, and black ink with touches of gouache, scratching out, and selective glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 25 7/16 x 38 5/16 in. (64.6 x 97.3 cm)
Mat: 39 x 53 in. (99.1 x 134.6 cm)
Description:
Male, adult plumage feeding on a catfish
Credit Line:
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number:
1863.17.31
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at middle right in brown ink[on rock]: "White-headed Eagle Male adult / Falco Leucocephalus. -- "; at lower right: "Drawn from Nature by / John. J. Audubon / Little Prairie / Mississipi River"
Gallery Label:
This watercolor is a copy of Audubon himself made of an earlier painting, 1820, in which the eagle is feeding on a Canadian goose.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1828
eMuseum Object ID:
27045
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Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus), Havell plate no. 16
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Date:
1820-c. 1824
Medium:
Watercolor, pastel, collage, graphite, and black ink with touches of gouache and selective glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 24 1/4 x 37 7/16 in. (61.6 x 95.1 cm)
Mat: 39 x 53 in. (99.1 x 134.6 cm)
Description:
Male, left with male Green-winged Teal; female, right with Gadwall Duck
Credit Line:
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number:
1863.17.16
Gallery Label:
female painted December 27, 1820 on the Mississippi River; the male and the two ducks were painted several years later.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1824
eMuseum Object ID:
27043
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Northern Parula (Parula americana), Havell plate no. 15
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Date:
1821
Medium:
Watercolor, pastel, black ink, graphite, and gouache with selective glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 18 1/2 x 11 5/8 in. (47 x 29.5 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:
1863.17.15
Marks:
Watermark: TURKEY MILLS / JWHATMAN
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at left in black ink: "No. 3 --"; at lower left: "Drawn from Nature by John. J. Audubon / March 27th 1821 plant by Joseph Mason"; at lower center: "Blue Yellow Back Warbler. No 1. male. No 2 femelle / Sylvia Pussilla"; erased inscriptions on left and right sides
Gallery Label:
The background flora has been identified as Iris (iris fulva).
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1821
eMuseum Object ID:
27041
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Dark-eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis), Havell plate no. 13
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Date:
1822
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, pastel, black ink, and black chalk with selective glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 19 1/8 x 11 3/4 in. (48.6 x 29.8 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:
1863.17.13
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower left in graphite: "J. J. Audubon / February"; verso inscriptions in brown ink illegible
Gallery Label:
The background flora has been identified as the Cotton gum (Nyssa aquatica).
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1822
eMuseum Object ID:
27036
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Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris), Havell plate no. 47
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Date:
c. 1825
Medium:
Watercolor, gold- and copper-colored metallic pigments, gouache, red lead pigment, graphite, and black ink with touches of pastel and selective glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 23 13/16 x 18 13/16 in. (60.5 x 47.8 cm)
Mat: 35 x 27 in. (88.9 x 68.6 cm)
Description:
Males have red or dark throats; females and immatures are essentially indistinguishable from one another
Credit Line:
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number:
1863.17.47
Marks:
Watermark: TURKEY MILLS / JWHATMAN
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower center in brown ink: "Ruby throated Humming-bird. -- Males 1. [2.3.4. crossed out] F.2 [5.6.crossed out] 9. Young 3. [above 8. crossed out] [9.10. crossed out] -- / Trochilus Colubris / Plant. Bignonia radicans / Vulgo Trumpet flower.---"; at lower left[over erased graphite]: "No 10. Plate 47.--"; at lower right in graphite[erased]: "T...na radicans"; at middle right in graphite[erased]: "Honey birds / of...[Carolina?]"; at upper right corner in graphite: "47"; birds numbered and identified in graphite from upper center: "1"; "2"; "1"; "3 / Female Young"; "3"; "3"; "1"; "3"; "1" ; "2"; erased inscriptions in lower register
Gallery Label:
The background flora has been identified as Trumpet-flower or Trumpet-creeper (Campsis radicans).
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1830
eMuseum Object ID:
27012
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Orchard Oriole (Icterus spurius), Havell plate no. 42
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Date:
1822
Medium:
Watercolor, pastel, graphite, black ink, and gouache with selective glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 23 13/16 x 18 7/8 in. (60.5 x 47.9 cm)
Mat: 35 x 27 in. (88.9 x 68.6 cm)
Description:
Adult males, upper left and lower; immature males, upper right and middle left; female, right center
Credit Line:
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number:
1863.17.42
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at center in brown ink: "No 9. plate 42. --- / published 1828. -- / London."; at lower right: "John. J. Audubon / Louisiana April 12th 1822."; above in brown ink[over erased graphite]: "Orchard Oriole. -- 1 & 2. Males incomplet[cut] / plumage. -- / Icterus spurius 3 & 4. Males of the Second / and third Year. -- / Plant Vulgo Honey-locust 5. female. -- the first Year / the all brood resemble her."; at upper right corner in graphite: "42"; birds numbered and identified clockwise beginning at upper left: "Old Male"; "female or Young alike"; "2d Year Male --"; erased inscriptions at lower right
Gallery Label:
The background flora has been identified as Honey locust (Gleditsia triacanthos).
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1822
eMuseum Object ID:
27011
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Ruffed Grouse (Bonasa umbellus), Havell plate no. 41
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Date:
1824
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, pastel, black ink, and oil, with touches of gouache and white lead pigment on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 25 7/8 x 38 3/8 in. (65.7 x 97.5 cm)
Mat: 39 x 53 in. (99.1 x 134.6 cm)
Description:
Males, above; females, below
Credit Line:
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number:
1863.17.41
Marks:
Watermark: JWHATMAN [covered by oil]
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower left in brown ink[cut]: "…o 1. / …late 41."; at lower left of center: "John. J. Audubon / Ruffed Grous / Vulgo Pheasant. Male 1 & 2. F.3. -- / Tetrao umbellus. --"; erased inscriptions at upper right
Gallery Label:
The background flora has been identified as Toadshade (Trillium sessile) and Moonseed (Menispermum canadense).
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1824
eMuseum Object ID:
27010
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Kentucky Warbler (Oporornis formosus), Havell plate no. 38
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Date:
c. 1822
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, and pastel with touches of black ink and selective glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 19 1/16 x 11 3/4 in. (48.4 x 29.8 cm)
Mat: 29 x 23 in. (73.7 x 58.4 cm)
Description:
Male left; female right
Credit Line:
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number:
1863.17.38
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at the lower left in brown ink: "No 8. Plate 38."; below in graphite [erased]: "J.J. Audubon"; at lower center in brown ink: "Kentucky Warbler Male 1. F. 2. / Sylvia formosa."; to right in graphite[erased]: "Auriculata"; below in brown ink: "Plant. Magnolia auriculata"; birds numbered lower and upper respectively: "1"; "2"
Gallery Label:
The background flora has been identified as Umbrella-tree (Magnolia fraseri). The umbrella-tree was found by Audubon only in Lousiana and Mississippi in habitats frequented by the Kentucky warbler.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1822
eMuseum Object ID:
27008
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Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus) Yellow-shafted, Havell plate no. 37
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Date:
1821; 1827
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, pastel, black chalk, black ink, and gouache with selective glazing on two sheets of paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 26 13/16 x 18 11/16 in. (68.1 x 47.5 cm), irregular
Mat: 35 x 27 in. (88.9 x 68.6 cm)
Description:
Females above and center; males below and left
Credit Line:
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number:
1863.17.37
Inscriptions:
Inscribed and signed at lower right in brown ink: "No 8. Plate 37. / Gold-winged Woodpecker Males 1. F.2. / Picus auratus. -- / John. J. Audubon"; birds labelled clockwise from upper center in graphite: "female"; "female"; "Male"; "Male"; "Male"; at upper right corner: "37"
Gallery Label:
two female birds painted in Louisiana in 1821; profiles and heads of the males added to the bottom and left ca. 1827; piece of paper 5" high, pasted onto the bottom of the composition.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1827
eMuseum Object ID:
27007
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Cooper's Hawk (Accipter cooperii), Havell plate no. 36
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Date:
1824; c. 1824-26
Medium:
Watercolor, pastel, graphite, and black ink with touches of gouache, scratching out, and selective glazing on two sheets of paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 38 5/8 x 18 5/8 in. (98.1 x 47.3 cm)
Mat: 53 x 39 in. (134.6 x 99.1 cm)
Description:
Second year male and adult female. Audubon originally called this bird the Stanley Hawk after Lord Stanley (Edward Smith Stanley, 13th Earl of Derby, 1775-c.1852). The bird was named after William Cooper (1798–1864), a conchologist and one of the founders of the New York Lyceum of Natural History, by Charles Lucien Bonaparte in 1828.
Credit Line:
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number:
1863.17.36
Marks:
Watermarks: JWHATMAN
Inscriptions:
Birds numbered lower and upper respectively in brown ink: "1"; "2"
Gallery Label:
bottom bird painted in Philidelphia in 1824; top bird painted at Bayou Sara, Louisiana ca. 1824-1826.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1826
eMuseum Object ID:
27005
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