Collection Highlights
Oud en nieuw Oost-Indiën... Volume 5, part 1 (deel 5, stuk 1)
Date:
1724-1726
Object Number:
LIB.Y.1724.V
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Eastern Wood-Pewee (Contopus virens), Havell plate no. 115; very faint sketch of bill
Object Number:
1863.17.115
Date:
1829
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, and gouache with touches of pastel and black ink, and selective glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 18 5/8 x 11 1/2 in. (47.3 x 29.2 cm)
Mat: 29 x 23 in. (73.7 x 58.4 cm)
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at left of lower center in brown ink: "Wood Pewee Flycatcher. male. / Muscicapa Virens -- / New Jersey. May. -- / J.J.A"; erased inscription at lower left next to very faint line and detail sketch: "Gap / Bill"
Description:
Male
Gallery Label:
The background flora has been identified as Swamp honeysuckle (Rhododendron viscosum).
Credit Line:
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
