White-tailed Tropicbird (Phaethon lepturus), Havell plate no. 262
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Date:
1832-35
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, pastel, and black ink with scratching out and scraping, and touches of gouache and glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 21 5/8 x 29 5/8 in. (54.9 x 75.2 cm)
Mat: 31 x 41 in. (78.7 x 104.1 cm)
Description:
Adult bird with orange bill, above; younger adult with yellow bill, below
Credit Line:
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number:
1863.17.262
Gallery Label:
Audubon sailed on Lieutenant Day's boat near Florida and the Dry Tortugas for six weeks in the spring of 1832 and was unable to spot any of these birds and had to wait until summer to recieve specimens
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1835
eMuseum Object ID:
27956
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Gray Kingbird (Tyrannus dominicensis), Havell plate no. 170
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Date:
1832
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Watercolor, pastel, graphite, gouache, and black chalk with touches of black ink and selective glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 21 7/16 x 14 3/8 in. (54.5 x 36.5 cm)
Mat: 35 x 27 in. (88.9 x 68.6 cm)
Credit Line:
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number:
1863.17.170
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower left in brown ink diagonally: "5 cut[each?] pinions f...o...lus"; at upper right corner in graphite: "70"
Gallery Label:
The background flora has been identified as Australian corkwood tree (Agati grandiflora), painted in early May 1832
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1832
eMuseum Object ID:
27955
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Mangrove Cuckoo (Coccyzus minor), Havell plate no. 169
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Date:
1832
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Watercolor, graphite, pastel, and gouache with touches of black ink and selective glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 21 3/8 x 14 7/16 in. (54.3 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:
1863.17.169
Marks:
Watermark: JWHATMAN / 183[?]
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower left in brown ink[over erased graphite inscriptions]: "Mangrove Cuckoo"; at lower right: "Key West F[cut] / May 1832 --"; at upper right corner in graphite: "69"
Gallery Label:
The background flora has been identified as Seven-year apple (Cassasia clusiifolia)
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1832
eMuseum Object ID:
27954
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Fork-tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus savana), Havell plate no. 168; sketch of a feather
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Date:
1832
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Watercolor, graphite, pastel, black ink, and gouache with selective glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 21 9/16 x 14 1/8 in. (54.8 x 35.9 cm)
Mat: 35 x 27 in. (88.9 x 68.6 cm)
Credit Line:
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number:
1863.17.168
Inscriptions:
Inscribed vertically along lower left margin in brown ink below outline diagram of feather: "Shape of the th...ies of / the first 3 primaries"; at lower center: "Lobloly Bay -- "; at lower right: "Gordonia / Lasianthus / Mirt[? cut]"
Gallery Label:
The background flora has been identified as Loblolly-bay (Gordonia lasianthus)
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1832
eMuseum Object ID:
27952
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Key West Quail-Dove (Geotrygon chrysia), Havell plate no. 167
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Date:
1832
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Watercolor, graphite, pastel, gouache, black ink, and collage with scratching out and selective glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 19 7/16 x 28 13/16 in. (49.4 x 73.2 cm)
Mat: 31 x 41 in. (78.7 x 104.1 cm)
Description:
Male, left; female, right
Credit Line:
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number:
1863.17.167
Inscriptions:
Birds numbered left and right respectively in graphite: "1"; "2"
Gallery Label:
The background flora has been identified as Railroad vine (Ipomoea pes-caprae) and Rubber vine (Echites umbellata); leaves in foreground pasted on
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1832
eMuseum Object ID:
27951
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Rough-legged Hawk (Buteo lagopus), Havell plate no. 166
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Date:
1832
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Watercolor, graphite, pastel, and black ink with touches of gouache and glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 37 7/8 x 24 9/16 in. (96.2 x 62.4 cm)
Mat: 53 x 39 in. (134.6 x 99.1 cm)
Credit Line:
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number:
1863.17.166
Marks:
Watermark: JWHATMAN / 1831
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower right in brown ink over earlier graphite[by another hand?]: "New Jersey July 1832 / JJA"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1832
eMuseum Object ID:
27948
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Lapland Longspur (Calcarius lapponicus), Havell plate no. 365
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Date:
1819; c. 1835
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, black chalk, and black ink on two sheets of paper (smaller inlaid), laid on card; inlaid sheet: pastel and watercolor with touches of gouache and black ink on paper
Dimensions:
Paper: 12 7/8 x 18 15/16 in. (32.7 x 48.1 cm)
Mat: 23 x 29 in. (58.4 x 73.7 cm)
Description:
Male, winter plumage, left; immature, center; male, breeding plumage, right; Audubon's son Victor Gifford provided the background inserted into Havell plate no. 365.
Credit Line:
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number:
1863.17.365
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower left in graphite: "No 74 Plate 370."; at lower center: "Male 1. Female 2 -- Wint[crossed out] Male in Winter 3 --"; at lower right: "Emberiza laponica / Lapland Long spur -- Kentuck[cut] / male 1. Female 2."; above: sketch of a bill beside: "here", instructing engraver to move middle bird to right and below male bird at right on copper plate; bird numbered at right: "1"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1819
eMuseum Object ID:
27930
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White-winged Crossbill (Loxia leucoptera), Havell plate no. 364
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Date:
1833
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, pastel, black chalk, gouache, and black ink with touches of glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 19 1/2 x 14 1/2 in. (49.5 x 36.8 cm)
Mat: 29 x 23 in. (73.7 x 58.4 cm)
Description:
Female, above; males, upper right and lower left; immature, lower center
Credit Line:
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number:
1863.17.364
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower left in graphite: "No 74[crossed out] 73 - pl 364"; at lower right[crossed out]: "Plate 368."; birds numbered in brown ink clockwise from lower left: "1"; "3"; "2."; "4"
Gallery Label:
The background flora has been identified as probably Mountain alder (Alnus crispa)
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1833
eMuseum Object ID:
27929
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Yellow-billed Magpie (Pica nuttalli), Steller's Jay (Cyanocitta stelleri), Western Scrub-Jay (Aphelocoma californica), Clark's Nutcracker (Nucifraga columbiana), Havell plate no. 362
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Date:
1836-37
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Watercolor, graphite, pastel, black chalk, black ink, and gouache on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 25 9/16 x 21 7/8 in. (64.9 x 55.6 cm)
Mat: 41 x 31 in. (104.1 x 78.7 cm)
Description:
From upper center to lower: Scrub Jay; Steller's Jay; Yellow-billed Magpie; Clark's Nutcrackers
Credit Line:
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number:
1863.17.362
Marks:
Watermark: JWHAT[cut] / T[cut]
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower left in graphite: "No 73 / J.J.A."; at lower right: "Plate 362 --"; birds identified from lower left in brown ink: "1 Yellow billed Magpie. / Corvus nutallii, aud."; at lower left of center: "2 Stellers Jay. / Corvus Stellerii."; at lower center: "3. Ultramarine Jay. / Corvus ultramarinus"; at lower right: "4,5. Clark's Crow. / Corvus? columbianus, Wils. ---"; two lower birds numbered right and left respectively: "4"; "5"; erased inscriptions in lower register
Gallery Label:
The background flora has been identified as Sweet gum (Liquidambar styraciflua)
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1837
eMuseum Object ID:
27928
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Blue Grouse (Dendragapus obscurus), Havell plate no. 361
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Date:
1836-37
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, oil, pastel, and black ink with touches of gouache, scratching out, scraping, and selective glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 23 3/4 x 35 7/8 in. (60.3 x 91.1 cm)
Mat: 39 x 53 in. (99.1 x 134.6 cm)
Description:
Male, left; female, right
Credit Line:
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number:
1863.17.361
Marks:
Watermark: JWHATMAN / 1831
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at upper right in graphite: "20 feathers to the Tail --"; birds numbered in brown ink left and right respectively: "1"; "2"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1837
eMuseum Object ID:
27927
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