Brown Noddy (Anous stolidus), Havell plate no. 275
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Date:
1832
Medium:
Watercolor, pastel, graphite, and black ink on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 21 1/2 x 14 1/2 in. (54.6 x 36.8 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:
1863.17.275
Gallery Label:
0
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1832
eMuseum Object ID:
28005
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Willet (Tringa semipalmata), Havell plate no. 274
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Date:
1832-34
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, black ink, pastel, and black chalk with scratching out and selective glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 14 7/16 x 21 1/8 in. (36.7 x 53.7 cm)
Mat: 23 x 29 in. (58.4 x 73.7 cm)
Description:
Winter plumage, left and rear; summer plumage, right
Credit Line:
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number:
1863.17.274
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at upper left in graphite: "[cut]No 54 -- 268[crossed out] / 55"; at upper right: "Weight of / female 10 - onces -"; below: "Weight of Female / 10 - ozes"; at lower right: "Crown dull…[illegible] / Eggs…[illegible] / other aquatic birds --"; birds numbered from right clockwise: "1"; "2"; "3"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1834
eMuseum Object ID:
28004
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Royal Tern (Sterna maxima), Havell plate no. 273
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Date:
1832
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, pastel, and black chalk with touches of gouache and black ink on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 14 11/16 x 21 3/8 in. (37.3 x 54.3 cm)
Mat: 23 x 29 in. (58.4 x 73.7 cm)
Description:
Adult, summer plumage
Credit Line:
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number:
1863.17.273
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at upper right in graphite: "No. 54[crossed out] -- 269[crossed out]"; at lower center: "Shelfish / X"[instruction to engraver for position of shellfish on copper plate]; at lower right: "55"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1832
eMuseum Object ID:
28003
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Sedge Wren (Cistothorus platensis), Havell plate no. 175
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Date:
1832
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, gouache, and black ink with selective glazing 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:
1863.17.175
Inscriptions:
Birds numbered in graphite right and left respectively: "1"; "2"; at upper right corner: "75"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1832
eMuseum Object ID:
28002
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Olive-sided Flycatcher (Contopus borealis), Havell plate no. 174
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Date:
1832
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, pastel, and gouache with touches of black ink and selective glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 21 1/2 x 14 1/8 in. (54.6 x 35.9 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:
1863.17.174
Inscriptions:
Birds numbered in graphite lower and upper respectively: "1"; "2"; at upper right corner: "74"
Gallery Label:
The background flora has been identified as Balsam fir (Abies balsamea) painted in Maine a few weeks later
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1832
eMuseum Object ID:
27999
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Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica), Havell plate no. 173
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Date:
1832
Medium:
Watercolor, pastel, graphite, black ink, and gouache with scratching out, scraping, and selective glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 21 1/16 x 13 3/4 in. (53.5 x 34.9 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:
1863.17.173
Marks:
Watermark: JWHATMAN / 1830
Inscriptions:
Birds numbered in graphite left and right respectively: "1"; "2"; at upper right: "73"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1832
eMuseum Object ID:
27996
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Blue-headed Quail-Dove (Starnoenas cyanocephala), Havell plate no. 172
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Date:
1832
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, pastel, gouache, and black ink with scratching out and selective glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 20 5/8 x 27 3/16 in. (52.4 x 69.1 cm)
Mat: 31 x 41 in. (78.7 x 104.1 cm)
Credit Line:
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number:
1863.17.172
Marks:
Watermark: JWHATMAN / 1830
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at upper right in brown ink: "The flesh resemble that of our little Partridge / so very much in taste that one would Suppose it / to be the same if unknown -- the nest of thi[cut] / Species is rough and not much like that of the / Genus generally Speaking-"; below in graphite: "72"; birds numbered from right to left: "1"; "2"; "2"
Gallery Label:
The background flora has been identified as Wild poinsettia (Euphorbia heterophylla) on the right
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1832
eMuseum Object ID:
27994
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Gyrfalcon (Falco rusticolus), Havell plate no. 366
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Date:
c. 1835-36
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Watercolor, graphite, pastel, black chalk, gouache, and black ink with scratching out and touches of glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 38 1/2 x 25 11/16 in. (97.8 x 65.2 cm)
Mat: 53 x 39 in. (134.6 x 99.1 cm)
Description:
Adults
Credit Line:
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number:
1863.17.366
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower left in graphite: "No 75. / Plate 371."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1836
eMuseum Object ID:
27974
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Bohemian Waxwing (Bombycilla garrulus), Havell plate no. 363
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Date:
c. 1835-36
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, pastel, black chalk, and black ink with selective glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 21 1/16 x 14 5/16 in. (53.5 x 36.4 cm)
Mat: 29 x 23 in. (73.7 x 58.4 cm)
Description:
Female, above; male, below
Credit Line:
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number:
1863.17.363
Marks:
Watermark: JWHATMAN / 1834[?]
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower left in graphite: "No 73 - Plate 363." at lower center: "Northern Cedar Bird / ...Bombycilla garrula. / Male 1. F. 2. --"; at lower right[erased]: "…from the line of…this Bird…", with a vertical graphite line instructing engraver where to place the right bird and position the margin; birds numbered lower and upper respectively: "1"; "2"
Gallery Label:
The background flora has been identified as American mountain ash (Sorbus americana)
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1836
eMuseum Object ID:
27971
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Winter Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes) and Rock Wren (Salpinctes obsoletus), Havell plate no. 360
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Date:
1820; 1833; Winter 1836-37
Medium:
Watercolor, gouache, pastel, collage, and graphite with touches of black ink and selective glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 20 3/4 x 14 in. (52.7 x 35.6 cm)
Mat: 29 x 23 in. (73.7 x 58.4 cm)
Description:
Rock Wren, left center; Winter Wrens, remaining three
Credit Line:
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number:
1863.17.360
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower left in graphite[partially cut]: "No. 73 -- pl 360"; at lower left of center: "1 Male 2 Female 3 Young in Autumn -- / Winter Wren."; at lower right: "Plate 365 / Keep up to... B... processing..."; birds numbered in brown ink counterclockwise from lower left: "1"; "2"; "3."; verso inscriptions in brown ink illegible
Gallery Label:
Winter wren, lower right, Misssissippi river, 1820; other two winter wrens, Eastport, ME, 1833; Rock wren, center, Charleston, SC, winter 1836-1837
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1837
eMuseum Object ID:
27969
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