American Dipper (Cinclus mexicanus), Havell plate no. 370

Classification: 
Date: 
1836-37
Medium: 
Oil, pastel, watercolor, and graphite with touches of black ink on paper, laid on card
Dimensions: 
Paper: 11 13/16 x 18 1/4 in. (30 x 46.4 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: 
1863.17.370
Inscriptions: 
Inscribed at lower left in graphite[cut]: "No 75 Plate 374."
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1837
eMuseum Object ID: 
26876
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Blue-winged Warbler (Vermivora pinus) and Golden-winged Warbler (Vermivora chrysoptera)

Classification: 
Date: 
1815
Medium: 
Watercolor, pastel, graphite, and collage with touches of gouache, black ink, and glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions: 
Paper: 16 3/4 x 10 5/8 in. (42.5 x 27 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: 
1863.18.14
Inscriptions: 
Inscribed at middle left in graphite: "Blue Yellow winged / Warbler -- Male -- / F. nearly the Same ---"; at lower left: "Porcelia triloba"[in Maria Martin's hand?]; below in brown ink: "No 69"; at lower center: "Blue-winged Yellow Warbler / Silvia Solitaria / Black Eye[d-crossed out] -- Binder Warbler"; below in graphite: "Henderson April 20th 1815"; at middle right: "Published / in first Vol. ---"; below[crossed out]: "Plate 200"; at lower right in graphite: "Sylvia (daenis) pendul[erased] / Sylvia Daenis pendulina"; below in brown ink: "Drawn by J.J. Audubon"
Gallery Label: 
The background flora has been identified as
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
0
eMuseum Object ID: 
26873
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Pine Warbler (Dendroica pinus), Havell plate no. 30

Classification: 
Date: 
1812
Medium: 
Watercolor, pastel, and graphite on paper, laid on card
Dimensions: 
Mat: 29 x 23 in. (73.7 x 58.4 cm) Sheet: 16 9/16 × 10 9/16 in. (42.1 × 26.8 cm)
Description: 
Female. Audubon originally called this bird Vigors' Warbler after Nicholas Vigors (1785-1840), Irish zoologist, ornithologist and naturalist.
Credit Line: 
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number: 
1863.17.30
Inscriptions: 
Inscribed at lower left in graphite (over erased graphite inscriptions): "Male. April 21 1812. Pen.a / Flower 29 May."; in brown ink: "No 28. April 21, 1812"; at lower center: "…[illegible] Warbler / Sylvia …[illegible]"; at the lower right: "drawn by J.J. Audubon"
Gallery Label: 
The background flora has been identified as Ohio spiderwort (Tradescantia ohiensis).
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1812
eMuseum Object ID: 
26870
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Solitary Vireo (Vireo solitarius), Havell plate no. 28

Classification: 
Date: 
1822
Medium: 
Watercolor, graphite, gouache, pastel, and black ink with selective of glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions: 
Paper: 19 3/16 x 11 13/16 in. (48.7 x 30 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: 
1863.17.28
Inscriptions: 
Inscribed at lower left in brown ink: "Drawn from nature by John. J. Audubon / Louisianna December --"; at lower center: "Solitary Flycatcher. / Muscicapa Solitaria"; upper and lower birds identified in graphite respectively: "Male / 1"; "Female 2"; at center next to tail feathers: "12"; at upper right corner: "20"
Gallery Label: 
The background flora has been identified as Cane (Arundinaria gigantea).
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1822
eMuseum Object ID: 
26832
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Red-headed Woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus), Havell plate no. 27

Classification: 
Date: 
c. 1821-25
Medium: 
Watercolor, pastel, black chalk, graphite, black ink, and touches of gouache with scratching out and selective glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions: 
Paper: 25 3/8 x 18 11/16 in. (64.5 x 47.5 cm) Mat: 35 x 27 in. (88.9 x 68.6 cm)
Description: 
Adults, upper and lower left; young, center and right
Credit Line: 
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number: 
1863.17.27
Marks: 
Watermark: TURKEY MILLS / JWHATMAN / 1817 [reversed]
Inscriptions: 
Inscribed at lower left in graphite: "Young 3. 4. & 5."; at lower right[erased]: "27"; at upper right corner: "27"; birds numbered and identified counterclockwise from upper left: "1 female"; "Male 1"; "Young"; "4 Young"; "Young 3"
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1825
eMuseum Object ID: 
26830
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia), Havell plate no. 25

Classification: 
Is owned by NYHS: 
Yes
Date: 
1812; 1822
Medium: 
Watercolor, graphite, pastel, black chalk, and black ink on paper, laid on card
Dimensions: 
Paper: 19 1/8 x 12 1/16 in. (48.6 x 30.6 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: 
1863.17.25
Inscriptions: 

Inscribed and signed at lower left in brown ink: "Drawn by John J Audubon / from Nature Montgomery County / Pennsylvania -- 1812 --"; at lower center: "Song Sparrow / Fringilla Melodia"; at lower right in graphite: "Pl. 189[crossed out] .25"; birds numbered upper and lower respectively: "1"; "2"; at upper right corner: "25"

Gallery Label: 

The background flora has been identified as possibly a Tree huckleberry (Vaccinium arboreum).

Date End: 
1812
eMuseum Object ID: 
26829
Exclude from TMS update: 
OFF
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas), Havell plate no. 24

Classification: 
Date: 
1821
Medium: 
Watercolor, graphite, pastel, gouache, and black ink with selective glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions: 
Paper: 18 1/2 x 11 11/16 in. (47 x 29.7 cm) Mat: 29 x 23 in. (73.7 x 58.4 cm)
Description: 
Immature male. Audubon commemorated William Roscoe, a native of Liverpool who assisted him in acquiring subscriptions, by naming what he thought was a new species of warbler after him, Roscoe's Yellowthroat. Audubon later realized this bird was an immature of the Common Yellowthroat species.
Credit Line: 
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number: 
1863.17.24
Inscriptions: 
Inscribed at lower left in graphite[erased]: "23 plate / No 5 / [illegible]…Yellow Throat --"; below in brown ink: "Drawn from Nature by John. J. Audubon / Bayou Sarah Louisianna Sepr 29th 1821."; at lower center: "Louisiana Yellow Throat Male. / Sylvia"; at upper right corner: "24"
Gallery Label: 
The background flora has been identified as Water oak (Quercus nigra).
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1821
eMuseum Object ID: 
26828
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas), Havell plate no. 23

Classification: 
Date: 
1821
Medium: 
Watercolor, graphite, pastel, gouache, and black ink with selective glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions: 
Paper: 18 11/16 x 11 3/4 in. (47.5 x 29.8 cm) Mat: 28 x 22 in. (71.1 x 55.9 cm)
Description: 
Male above; female below
Credit Line: 
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number: 
1863.17.23
Inscriptions: 
Inscribed at the middle left in graphite[erased]: "Hal[esia] tetraptera. / Wild Olive"; at lower left: "No 5 / April 3d Louisianna -- / J.J.Audubon"; at lower center: "Maryland Y.T. ---"; along lower tree branch: "Bitter tree --"; at lower right: "vib. prunifol. / [ several lines erased]"; birds numbered upper and lower respectively: "1"; "2"; lower plant numbered: "2"
Gallery Label: 
The background flora has been identified as Two-winged silver bell (Halesia dipterra) and Withe rod (Virburnum cassinoides) or Nannyberry (Virburnum lentago).
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1821
eMuseum Object ID: 
26826
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos), Havell plate no. 21

Classification: 
Date: 
c.1825
Medium: 
Watercolor, graphite, pastel, black chalk, gouache, and black ink with touches of scratching out and selective glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions: 
Paper: 29 3/4 x 20 7/8 in. (75.6 x 53 cm) Mat: 52 x 39 in. (132.1 x 99.1 cm)
Credit Line: 
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number: 
1863.17.21
Marks: 
Watermark: JWHATMAN / 18[?]
Gallery Label: 
The background flora has been identified as Yellow jessamine (Gelsemium empervirens). The rattle snake was copied from a drawing made at Oakley Plantation August 25, 1821.
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1825
eMuseum Object ID: 
26825
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Purple Martin (Progne subis), Havell plate no. 22

Classification: 
Date: 
1822
Medium: 
Watercolor, graphite, pastel, black ink, and black chalk with selective glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions: 
Paper: 22 13/16 x 18 3/16 in. (57.9 x 46.2 cm) Mat: 35 x 27 in. (88.9 x 68.6 cm)
Description: 
Males left; females right
Credit Line: 
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number: 
1863.17.22
Inscriptions: 
Inscribed at lower right in graphite: "22d"; at upper right corner: "22"
Gallery Label: 
The background flora has been identified as Gourd (Lagenaria siceraria).
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1822
eMuseum Object ID: 
26824
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

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