Pine Siskin (Carduelis pinus), Havell plate no. 180
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Date:
1832
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, and gouache with touches of black ink and black pastel on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 21 1/2 x 14 7/16 in. (54.6 x 36.7 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:
1863.17.180
Marks:
Watermark: JWHATMAN / 1830
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower center in graphite[erased]: "American Siskin / Fringilla Pinus --"; birds numbered in graphite lower and upper respectively: "1"; "2"; at upper right corner: "80"
Gallery Label:
The background flora has been identified as Larch (Larix laricina)
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1832
eMuseum Object ID:
28044
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House Wren (Troglodytes aedon), Havell plate no. 179
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Date:
1832
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, and gouache with touches of black ink and black pastel, and selective glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 19 1/8 x 12 13/16 in. (48.6 x 32.5 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:
1863.17.179
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at upper right corner in graphite: "79"
Gallery Label:
The background flora has been identified as Bluebead lily or Yellow clintonia (Clintonia borealis) and Bearberry or Kinnikinick (Artostaphylos uva-ursi)
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1832
eMuseum Object ID:
28042
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White-crowned Pigeon (Patagioenas leucocephala), Havell plate no. 177
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Date:
1832
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Watercolor, graphite, pastel, collage, black ink, and gouache with touches of metallic pigments, scratching out, and selective glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 29 3/16 x 21 1/16 in. (74.1 x 53.5 cm)
Mat: 41 x 31 in. (104.1 x 78.7 cm)
Description:
Adults
Credit Line:
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number:
1863.17.177
Marks:
Watermark: [cut]WHATMAN
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at upper right corner in graphite: "87"; birds numbered in gray ink right and left respectively: "1"; "2"
Gallery Label:
The background flora has been identified as Geiger tree (Cordia sebestena)
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1832
eMuseum Object ID:
28041
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Spruce Grouse (Canachites canadensis), Havell plate no. 176
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Date:
1832
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, pastel, black ink, and gouache with selective glazing and scratching out on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 25 x 35 7/16 in. (63.5 x 90 cm)
Mat: 39 x 53 in. (99.1 x 134.6 cm)
Description:
From left to right: female; male; female; male
Credit Line:
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number:
1863.17.176
Marks:
Watermark: JWHATMAN / 1831 [reversed]
Inscriptions:
Birds numbered right to left in graphite: "1"; "2"; "1"; "2"; plants numbered right to left: "4"; "3"; erased inscriptions at lower left
Gallery Label:
The background flora has been identified as Painted trillium (Trilliun undulatum) and Twisted-stalk (Streptopus amplexifolius)
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1832
eMuseum Object ID:
28040
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Sage Thrasher (Oreoscoptes montanus) and Varied Thrush (Ixoreus naevius), Havell plate no. 369
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Date:
1836-37
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, black ink, pastel, black chalk, and gouache with selective glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Mat: 29 x 23 in. (73.7 x 58.4 cm)
Sheet (paper): 21 3/8 × 13 7/8 in. (54.3 × 35.2 cm)
Description:
Male Sage Thrasher, above; male Varied Thrush, center; female Varied thrush, below.
Credit Line:
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number:
1863.17.369
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at left in brown ink[below lower register line in graphite]: "1 Mountain Mock-bird. Male. / Orpheus montanus, Townsend. --"; at lower center: "Plant Misletoe. / Viscum verticillatum."; at lower right of center: "2, 3. Varied Thrush. Male & female. -- / Turdus navius, Gm."; at lower right: "Plant / Viscum verticillatum. / Misletoe"; at upper right vertically in graphite[erased and cut]: "Parus borealis -- for P. atricapillus / our common black h... / Titmouse -- of the the Mid[west]... / & Northern Sta[tes]..."; birds numbered from upper to lower in brown ink: "1"; "2"; "3"
Gallery Label:
The background flora has been identified as Mistletoe (Phoradendron serotinum) and was later painted in SC by Maria Martin.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1837
eMuseum Object ID:
28020
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Rock Ptarmigan (Lagopus muta), Havell plate no. 368
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Date:
c. 1836-37
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, oil, gouache, black ink, pastel, and black chalk with touches of glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 13 7/8 x 21 1/4 in. (35.2 x 54 cm)
Mat: 23 x 29 in. (58.4 x 73.7 cm)
Description:
Male, winter plumage, right; males, summer plumage, center and left
Credit Line:
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number:
1863.17.368
Inscriptions:
Birds numbered in graphite from right to left: "1"; "2"; "3"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1837
eMuseum Object ID:
28019
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Common Redpoll (Carduelis flammea), Havell plate no. 375
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Date:
1833
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, and pastel with touches of gouache and black ink on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 19 5/8 x 14 13/16 in. (49.8 x 37.6 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:
1863.17.375
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower left in graphite, heavily rubbed: "With Mr. Audubon's compliments / to the [?] Linnaean Socy, / …"; at lower center[cut]: "...racemosus"; at the upper right: "Mr. Havell make / the whole of… / to within one inch of the / margin of the plate... J.J.A"; birds numbered in brown ink upper and lower respectively : "1"; "2"
Gallery Label:
The background flora has been identified as Snowberry (Symphoricarpos albus)
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1833
eMuseum Object ID:
28016
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Band-tailed Pigeon (Columba fasciata), Havell plate no. 367
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Watercolor, graphite, pastel, gouache, black ink, and collage with selective glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 26 11/16 x 20 5/8 in. (67.8 x 52.4 cm)
Mat: 35 x 27 in. (88.9 x 68.6 cm)
Description:
Male, above; female, below
Credit Line:
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number:
1863.17.367
Marks:
Watermark: JWHATMAN / [?] [reversed]
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower left in brown ink: "No 74. / Plate 367."; at lower left of center: "J.J.A"; at lower center: "Band-tailed Pigeon. 1 male, 2. Female. / Columba fasciata, Say. / Nuttall's Cornel / Cornus Nuttalli, Aud."; at lower right of center in graphite: "Band Tailed Pigeon -- / Columba fasciata --"; birds numbered in brown ink lower and upper respectively: "1"; "2"; graphite line at upper edge to indicate to the engraver the framing on copper plate
Gallery Label:
The background flora has been identified as Mountain dogwood (Cornus nuttallii); this flora was new to science when Audubon described it in the text. He named it for its discoverer, the distinguished British-American botanist and ornithologist Thomas Nuttall
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1837
eMuseum Object ID:
28014
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White-rumped Sandpiper (Calidris fuscicollis), Havell plate no. 278
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Date:
1831
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, and pastel with touches of black ink and glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 14 5/8 x 21 1/2 in. (37.1 x 54.6 cm)
Mat: 23 x 29 in. (58.4 x 73.7 cm)
Description:
Winter plumage
Credit Line:
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number:
1863.17.278
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower right in graphite[erased]: "S. Ch…[illegible]"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1831
eMuseum Object ID:
28013
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Northern Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis), Havell plate no. 264
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Date:
1831
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, and black chalk with touches of pastel and black ink, scratching out, and selective glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 14 5/8 x 20 15/16 in. (37.1 x 53.2 cm)
Mat: 23 x 29 in. (58.4 x 73.7 cm)
Description:
Male in summer plumage
Credit Line:
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number:
1863.17.264
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower center in black ink: "FULMAR PETREL / PROCELA[crossed out]A RIA GLACIALIS; L. Male, adult; Summer plumage."; below, correction in graphite: "ELLA"; at upper left in graphite[erased]: "53"
Gallery Label:
based on pencil sketch made in late August 1831; probably completed several years later
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1831
eMuseum Object ID:
28008
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