Gadwall (Anas strepera)
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Classification:
Is owned by NYHS:
Yes
Date:
1821
Medium:
Watercolor, pastel, black chalk, graphite, and touches of black ink on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 17 11/16 x 22 7/16 in. (44.9 x 57 cm)
Mat: 27 x 35 in. (68.6 x 88.9 cm)
Description:
Female
Credit Line:
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number:
1863.18.17
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower center in graphite[erased]: "Female Gadwall Duck --- / [cut]New Orleans Nov, 10th 1821.---"; at upper right: "Weight 25[cut] / Length -- 16[cut] / Bl...32[cut]"
Prior Exhibitions:
\"John James Audubon's Birds of North America: The Original Watercolors,\" New-York Historical Society, April 8-September 14, 1985.
Date Begin:
1821
Date End:
1821
eMuseum Object ID:
22539
Exclude from TMS update:
OFF
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Canada Goose (Branta canadensis), Havell plate no. 277
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Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
c. 1834-35
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, pastel, black chalk, and black ink with scratching out on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 29 5/8 x 21 9/16 in. (75.2 x 54.8 cm)
Mat: 41 x 31 in. (104.1 x 78.7 cm)
Credit Line:
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number:
1863.17.277
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower center in graphite: "Hutchins's barnacle Goose. - / Anser Hutchinsii. Richard."; many erased inscriptions throughout
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1835
eMuseum Object ID:
22321
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Common Merganser (Mergus merganser), Havell plate no. 331
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Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
c. 1832-33
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, pastel, black chalk, gouache, and black ink with scratching out and selective glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 24 x 36 7/8 in. (61 x 93.7 cm)
Mat: 39 x 53 in. (99.1 x 134.6 cm)
Description:
Female, left; male, right; Havell Plate 331 has a view of Cohoes Falls, New York, where Audubon was in the summer of 1824; see also 1863.17.401, which has a notation to include a NY waterfall.
Credit Line:
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number:
1863.17.331
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at upper left in graphite: "Goosander --"; at upper center: "Male 1. F. 2."; birds numbered right and left respectively: "1"; "2"
Gallery Label:
Havell plate version, background includes a view of the falls at Cohoes in upper New York State
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1833
eMuseum Object ID:
21705
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Black-throated Green Warbler ( Dendroica virens)
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Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1827
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, black ink, and black chalk on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 12 7/8 x 9 7/8 in. (32.7 x 25.1 cm)
Description:
This bird is featured in alternate study 1863.18.4 but never engraved for Birds of America. This drawing is referred to in Maria Audubon's "Audubon and His Journals" as a gift created especially for the artist's mother.
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss Clara Peck
Object Number:
1962.42
Inscriptions:
Signed and dated at lower center in gray ink: "Audubon / 1827."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1827
eMuseum Object ID:
20791
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Blackburnian Warbler (Dendroica fusca)
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Classification:
Date:
1827
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, black ink, and pastel on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 12 7/8 x 9 13/16 in. (32.7 x 24.9 cm)
Description:
Partial image after Havell Plate #135. Believed to have been drawn in England from the original to be presented as a gift.
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss Clara Peck
Object Number:
1962.41
Inscriptions:
Signed and dated at lower right in gray ink: "Audubon / 1827 --"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1827
eMuseum Object ID:
20143
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
American Black Duck (Anas rubripes)
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Classification:
Date:
ca. 1821
Medium:
Watercolor, pastel, and graphite with selective glazing and scraping on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 16 1/4 x 21 1/16 in. (41.3 x 53.5 cm)
Mat: 27 x 35 in. (68.6 x 88.9 cm)
Credit Line:
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number:
1863.18.18
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower left in brown ink[cut]: "No 77--"; erased inscriptions in lower register
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1821
eMuseum Object ID:
19316
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Gyrfalcon (Falco rusticolus), Havell plate no. 196
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Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1833
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, pastel, and black ink with touches of gouache and selective glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 38 1/4 x 25 1/4 in. (97.2 x 64.1 cm)
Mat: 53 x 39 in. (134.6 x 99.1 cm)
Description:
Male, above; female, below
Credit Line:
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number:
1863.17.196
Marks:
Watermark: JWHATMAN / TURKEY MILL
Inscriptions:
Birds numbered in brown ink upper and lower respectively: "1"; "2."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1833
eMuseum Object ID:
18321
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Glossy Ibis (Plegadis falcinellus), Havell plate no. 387
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Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
c. 1836-37
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, pastel, and black ink with touches of gouache on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 22 1/2 x 32 11/16 in. (57.2 x 83 cm)
Mat: 33 x 43 in. (83.8 x 109.2 cm)
Description:
Male, adult plumage
Credit Line:
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number:
1863.17.387
Marks:
Watermark: JWHATMAN / 1830 [reversed]
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower left of center in brown ink: "No 78. Plate 387."; at lower right of center: "Glossy Ibis -- / Ibis falcinellus. male adult."; at lower right: "J.J.A."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1837
eMuseum Object ID:
18056
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Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus), Havell plate no. 71
Collections:
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
c. 1822
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, oil, collage, pastel, black ink, red chalk, and touches of black chalk with selective glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 25 1/16 x 38 9/16 in. (63.7 x 97.9 cm)
Mat: 39 x 53 in. (99.1 x 134.6 cm)
Description:
Adult male
Credit Line:
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number:
1863.17.71
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at middle left in in graphite [erased]: Havell...[illegible]; below in brown ink: "No 15. Plate 71. / Published 1829. --"; at middle left of center: "Winter Hawk. Male adult. / Circus hyemalis. -- / Bull Frog. --"
Gallery Label:
Frog and hawk's foot are pasted onto the drawing
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1822
eMuseum Object ID:
17900
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Copperplate for Connecticut Warbler (Oporornis agilis), plate no. 138 in John J. Audubon's "Birds of America"
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Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
19th century
Medium:
copper, steel-faced
Dimensions:
Overall: 20 1/2 x 12 3/4 in. ( 52.1 x 32.4 cm )
Description:
Plate for the engraving of the Connecticut warbler, Havell #138.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Percy R. Pyne, Given in Memory of Percy Rivington Pyne (1857-1929)
Object Number:
1947.129
Marks:
inscriptions: back of plate stamped:HUGHES/8PETERBO COURT/FLEET STREET/LONDON
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
17706
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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