Black-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus erythrophthalmus), Havell plate no. 32
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Date:
1822
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, pastel, gouache, and black ink with scratching out and touches of glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 19 7/16 x 24 3/16 in. (49.4 x 61.4 cm)
Mat: 27 x 35 in. (68.6 x 88.9 cm)
Description:
Female left; male right
Credit Line:
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number:
1863.17.32
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower left of center in graphite[erased]: "no. 32"; at lower right: "11 1/4[?] Inches / 14[?] 3/4 " -- " "; at lower right: "No. 33"; at middle right: "Weight...[illegible]"; above: "Male / 1"; at left of center: "2. female"
Gallery Label:
The background flora has been identified as southern magnolia (Magnolia grandiflora).
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1822
eMuseum Object ID:
17667
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Unidentified Shorebird (Black-bellied Plover?)
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Is owned by NYHS:
Yes
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Watercolor, graphite, and gouache with touches of pastel and black ink on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 11 1/4 x 18 3/4 in. (28.6 x 47.6 cm), irregular
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; Adopt-an-Audubon Bird sponsor: an Anonymous Donor
Object Number:
1863.18.25
Inscriptions:
Verso inscriptions in brown ink illegible.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
17384
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OFF
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Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator)
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Date:
1821
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, and pastel with touches of gouache and black ink on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 18 1/8 x 22 7/8 in. (46 x 58.1 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:
1863.18.15
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at the left in graphite: "Nov 1821 / Weight 1 lb 2/16 -- / Length 20 inches -- / Breadth 2 1/2 feet -- / Tongue remarkable / Female / Stomach / nothing...gravel"; at right: "Nov 13 / Weight 1 lb 2/16 / Length 20 Inches / Tongue remarkable slender & bro[cut] / Female / nothing in the stomach gizzard full of g[cut]"; below in graphite[erased and painted over]: "Redbreasted Merganser / Mergus serrator"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
17379
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Baltimore Oriole (Icterus galbula), Havell plate no. 12
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Date:
c. 1822-25
Medium:
Watercolor, pastel, black ink, graphite, gouache, and red lead pigment [converted to gray] with touches of glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 23 11/16 x 18 11/16 in. (60.2 x 47.5 cm)
Mat: 35 x 27 in. (88.9 x 68.6 cm)
Description:
Female, left; males, right
Credit Line:
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number:
1863.17.12
Marks:
Watermark: JWHATMAN / 18[?] [reversed]
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at upper right corner in graphite, inverted: "12"
Gallery Label:
The background flora has been identified as the Tulip tree (Liriodendron tulipfera).
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1825
eMuseum Object ID:
17314
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Willow Flycatcher (Empidonax traillii), Havell plate no. 45; sketch of a bird beak
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Date:
1822
Medium:
Watercolor and graphite with touches of pastel, black ink, and gouache and selective glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 18 9/16 x 11 3/4 in. (47.1 x 29.8 cm)
Mat: 29 x 23 in. (73.7 x 58.4 cm)
Description:
Audubon originally named this bird Traill's Fylcatcher for Thomas S. Traill (1781-1862; Orcadian professor of medical jurisprudence at the University of Edinburgh), who introduced Audubon in Edinburgh and whose name persists in the Latin species name.
Credit Line:
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number:
1863.17.45
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower left in brown ink: "No 9. Plate 45. -- / Fort of Arkansa / April 17th 1822. John. J. Audubon"; at lower right in graphite: "Traill's Flycatcher -- / Muscicapa Traillii / [line erased and scraped out]"; below in brown ink: "Muscicapa palustris / Plant Vulgo. Sweet Gum. / Liquidamber Styraciflua"; to right of tail feathers: "12"; erased inscriptions in lower register
Gallery Label:
The background flora has been identified as Sweet gum (Liquidambar styraciflua).
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1822
eMuseum Object ID:
16916
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Copperplate for House Wren (Troglodytes aedon) Havell Plate no. 83, from John J. Audubon's series "Birds of America"
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Date:
1830
Medium:
copper, steel-faced
Dimensions:
Overall: 20 x 12 1/2 x 1/8 in. ( 50.8 x 31.8 x 0.3 cm )
Description:
Plate for the engraving of House Wren, Havell #83.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Alice T. McLean
Object Number:
1946.167
Marks:
inscriptions: back of plate stamped: [ ] HIAM/9 RATCLIFF ROW/BATH ST. CITY RI.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1830
eMuseum Object ID:
16915
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Copperplate for Yellow-billed Magpie (Pica nuttalli), Steller's Jay (Cyanocitta stelleri), Western Scrub-Jay (Aphelocoma californica), Clark's Nutcracker (Nucifraga columbiana), Havell plate no. 362 in John J. Audubon's "Birds of America"
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Date:
1837
Medium:
copper, steel-faced
Dimensions:
Overall: 30 1/4 x 25 1/2 in. ( 76.8 x 64.8 cm )
Description:
Plate for the engraving of Yellow-billed Magpie, Stellar's Jay, Western Scrub-Jay, Clark's Nutcracker, Havell Plate no. 362 for Audubon's "Birds of America".
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. John E. Parsons in memory of her husband, John E. Parsons, trustee
Object Number:
1977.14
Marks:
inscriptions: metal label on reverse: Audubon's Birds of America/Original Plate
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1837
eMuseum Object ID:
16913
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Harlan's Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis harlani), Havell plate no. 86
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Date:
c. 1829-30
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, pastel, black chalk, black ink, and gouache with scraping and selective glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 37 3/16 x 25 13/16 in. (94.5 x 65.6 cm)
Mat: 39 x 53 in. (99.1 x 134.6 cm)
Description:
Male, above; female, below
Credit Line:
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number:
1863.17.86
Marks:
Watermark: JWHATMAN / TURKEY MILL
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower center in brown ink: "Black Warrior Male 1. F. 2. / Falco Harlani"; at lower right: "No 18. Plate 86. / John. J. Audubon / F.R.S. F.L.S. --"; birds numbered upper and lower respectively: "1"; "2"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1830
eMuseum Object ID:
16825
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Tufted Titmouse (Baeolophus bicolor)
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Is owned by NYHS:
Yes
Date:
1827
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, and gouache on paper with touches of pastel on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 12 7/8 x 9 15/16 in. (32.7 x 25.2 cm)
Description:
Bird after lower bird on Havell Plate #39. Believed to have been drawn in England from the original to be presented as a gift
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss Clara Peck; Adopt-an-Audubon Bird sponsor: W. Graham Arader III
Object Number:
1962.40
Inscriptions:
Signed and dated at lower center in gray ink: "Audubon / 1827."
Date Begin:
1827
Date End:
1827
eMuseum Object ID:
16303
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Purple Gallinule (Porphyrula martinica), Havell plate no. 305
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Date:
1822
Medium:
Watercolor, oil, pastel, black chalk, and graphite with touches of black ink and varnish on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 14 5/16 x 21 3/8 in. (36.4 x 54.3 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:
1863.17.305
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at upper left in graphite "61"; at lower right: "Purple...Male / Spring plumage[cut]"
Gallery Label:
For the Havell plate, three small figures of birds in the distance were deleted
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1822
eMuseum Object ID:
15803
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