Say's Phoebe (Sayornis saya), Western Kingbird (Tyrannus verticalis), Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus), Havell plate no. 359
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Date:
1836-37
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, pastel, gouache, and black ink with scratching out on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 22 1/8 x 14 3/8 in. (56.2 x 36.5 cm)
Mat: 29 x 23 in. (73.7 x 58.4 cm)
Description:
Say's Phoebe, upper two; Scissor-tailed Flycatcher, lower left; Western Kingbird, center and lower right
Credit Line:
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number:
1863.17.359
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at upper left in graphite: "Male Bird. June 16th -- / 1834.. Townsend. --"; at lower left in brown ink: "No 72. Plate 359. / Arkansaw Flycatcher. / Muscicapa verticalis, Bonap. / 1 Male. 2 Female. --"; at lower center: "Swallow-tailed Flycatcher. / Muscicapa forficata, Gme. / 3. Male."; at lower right: "Say's Flycatcher. / Muscicapa Saya. Bonap. -- / 4. Male, 5 Female. --"; at middle right in graphite: "Male --"; birds numbered in brown ink clockwise from middle right: "1"; "2"; "3"; "4"; "5."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1837
eMuseum Object ID:
27926
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Black-billed Magpie (Pica pica), Havell plate no. 357
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Date:
c. 1835-36
Medium:
Watercolor, pastel, graphite, gouache, white lead pigment, and black ink with scratching out and touches of glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 29 x 20 5/16 in. (73.7 x 51.6 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:
1863.17.357
Marks:
Watermark: JWHATMAN / TURKEY MILLS [reversed]
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower center in graphite[erased]: "Rise the lower bird 2. Inches."; at lower right: "Plate 357. No 72 -- / Male 1 / Female 2[cut]"; birds numbered upper and lower respectively: "1"; "2"; verso inscriptions in brown ink illegible
Gallery Label:
This bird has provided inspiration to great artists, such as the composer Gioacchino Rossini and the artist Claude Monet
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1836
eMuseum Object ID:
27925
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Northern Harrier (Circus cyaneus), Havell plate no. 356
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Date:
1820; c. 1836
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, pastel, and collage with touches of gouache and black and brown[?] inks, scratching out, and selective glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 35 7/8 x 24 1/2 in. (91.1 x 62.2 cm)
Mat: 53 x 39 in. (134.6 x 99.1 cm)
Description:
Immature, above; adult male, center; immature, below
Credit Line:
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number:
1863.17.356
Marks:
Watermark: JWHATMAN / 1831
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower right in graphite: "No 72 -- / Plate 356 --"; birds numbered clockwise from middle right in graphite: "1"; "3"; "2"
Gallery Label:
Bottom bird completed December 1820 and pasted onto composition; top birds completed ca. 1836
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1836
eMuseum Object ID:
27924
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Seaside Sparrow (Ammodramus maritimus), Havell plate no. 355
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Date:
1829
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, gouache, and black ink with touches of pastel and black chalk, and selective glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Mat: 29 x 23 in. (73.7 x 58.4 cm)
Sheet (paper): 19 15/16 × 14 3/16 in. (50.6 × 36 cm)
Credit Line:
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number:
1863.17.355
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower left in graphite[erased]: "No 71"; at lower right: "Plate 355. / Male 1 & Female 2"; birds numbered right and left respectively: "1"; "2"
Gallery Label:
The background flora has been identified as Virginia rose (Rosa virginiana).
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1829
eMuseum Object ID:
27923
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Chestnut-backed Chickadee (Poecile rufescens), Common Bushtit (Psaltriparus minimus), Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus), Havell plate no. 353
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Date:
Winter 1836
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, gouache, and black ink with touches of pastel, scratching out, and selective glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 19 1/16 x 13 5/8 in. (48.4 x 34.6 cm)
Mat: 29 x 23 in. (73.7 x 58.4 cm)
Description:
Clockwise from upper right: Bushtit, male and female; Black-capped Chickadee, male and female; Chestnut-backed Chickadee, male and female
Credit Line:
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number:
1863.17.353
Marks:
Watermark: JWHATMAN / 1836 [reversed]
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower left in black ink: "J.J.A"; at lower left[below lower margin line ruled in graphite]: "Chesnut-backed Titmouse. 1. Male. 2. Female / Parus rufescens. Townsend. / No 71."; at lower center: "Black-capt Titmouse 3. Male 4 F. / Parus atricapillus, Wils. / Willow Oak. Quercus phelloes, L."; at lower right: "Chesnut crowned Titmouse, 5 M. 6. F. / Parus minimus, Townsend. -- / and Nest. / Plate 353 --"; at lower right in graphite[above lower margin line]: "Total length 5 1/4 -- / Alar extent 8 1/4 -- / Tail beyond Wings 1. 5/8 -- / Claws 5/8 shorter than and of[cut] / Phila.-- Carr's[?] Garden (Bar[cut, Bartram?] / Oct 30th 1836 -- / J.J.A"; at middle right[partially erased and cut]: "Male May 8th / 1835. -- / Male... / Ch... / Pl... / 3[cut] / 12... / F... / ...May 9th 18..."; above vertically: "Chesnut crowned Titmouse / Parus minimus. Townsend -- / 3d quill longest -- / 12 Tailfeathers slightly rounded -- / Total length 4 1/8 Inches --- / Flexure of wing 1 3/4 -- " -- / legs & feet black, eye, brown --"; birds numbered clockwise from middle left: "1"; "2"; "5"; "6"; "3"; "4"
Gallery Label:
The background flora has been identified as Willow oak (Quercus phellos) painted by Maria Martin; In the plate version the nest, belonging to the Bushtits, and the branches of the willow oak were done by Maria Martin
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1836
eMuseum Object ID:
27922
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Sandhill Crane (Grus canadensis), Havell plate no. 261
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Is owned by NYHS:
Yes
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Not promoted
Date:
1832-33
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, pastel, black chalk, and black ink with touches of gouache and selective glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 38 x 25 5/16 in. (96.5 x 64.3 cm)
Mat: 52 × 38 in. (132.1 × 96.5 cm)
Credit Line:
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number:
1863.17.261
Marks:
Watermark: JWHATMAN / 1831 [reversed]
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1833
eMuseum Object ID:
27921
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Leach's Storm-Petrel (Oceanodroma leucorhoa), Havell plate no. 260
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Date:
1831
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, black ink, and pastel with scratching out and scraping on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 12 1/2 x 19 3/16 in. (31.8 x 48.7 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:
1863.17.260
Marks:
Watermark: JWHATMAN [cut, reversed]
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower center in graphite: "Forked Tail Sea Swallow - Mallassidroma Leachii, - Temm."; birds numbered in brown ink right and left respectively: "1"; "2"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1831
eMuseum Object ID:
27920
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Horned Grebe (Podiceps auritus), Havell plate no. 259
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Date:
c. 1833
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, pastel, and black chalk with touches of black ink and gouache on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 14 3/4 x 21 3/8 in. (37.5 x 54.3 cm)
Mat: 23 x 29 in. (58.4 x 73.7 cm)
Description:
Breeding plumage, left; winter plumage, right
Credit Line:
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number:
1863.17.259
Marks:
Watermark: JWHATMAN / 1830 [reversed]
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at upper left in graphite: "No 58 -- 289"; at lower center: "Horned Grebe. Adult Male Spring plumage 1. Young Winter 2 --- / Podiceps cornutus, Lath."; birds are numbered left and right respectively: "1"; "2"; verso inscriptions in brown ink illegible
Gallery Label:
Original copper plate and uncolored proof housed in the U.S. National Museum (1938)
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1833
eMuseum Object ID:
27919
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Hudsonian Godwit (Limosa haemastica), Havell plate no. 258
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Date:
1832; 1835
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, and pastel with touches of gouache and black ink, scratching out, and scraping on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 14 3/4 x 21 7/16 in. (37.5 x 54.5 cm)
Mat: 23 x 29 in. (58.4 x 73.7 cm)
Description:
Female, breeding plumage, left; immature male, right
Credit Line:
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number:
1863.17.258
Marks:
Watermark: JWHATMAN / 1830
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower center in brown ink: "Hudsonian Godwit. Male 1. Young. Female 2. Summer Plumage. / LIMOSA HUDSONICA, Swain. and Richard. --"; birds numbered right and left respectively: "1"; "2."; six lines of erased inscriptions at middle left including: "...feet..."
Gallery Label:
Bird at left probably painted by Audubon in spring 1835; bird at right painted by his son in Boston in 1832
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1835
eMuseum Object ID:
27918
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Double-crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus), Havell plate no. 257
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Date:
1833
Medium:
Watercolor, pastel, graphite, gouache, and black ink with scraping and selective glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 29 5/16 x 21 3/8 in. (74.5 x 54.3 cm)
Mat: 41 x 31 in. (104.1 x 78.7 cm)
Description:
Adult
Credit Line:
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number:
1863.17.257
Marks:
Watermark: JWHATMAN / 1830
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower right in graphite, partially cut, erased and illegible; thumbprint visible in media
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1833
eMuseum Object ID:
27917
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