Collection Highlights
Elisha Kent Kane, M.D. (1820-1857)
Date:
1858
Object Number:
1859.1
Medium:
Oil on canvas
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Orchard Oriole (Icterus spurius)
Object Number:
1863.18.1
Date:
ca. 1808
Medium:
Pastel and graphite on paper
Dimensions:
Paper: 9 1/8 x 11 9/16 in. (23.2 x 29.4 cm)
Mat: 29 x 23 in. (73.7 x 58.4 cm)
Inscriptions:
Inscribed along lower edge in brown ink: "wild cherry -- black throated Male Oriole --"
Description:
Immature male
Gallery Label:
Breeds in most of eastern United States, winters through Central America to northern South America
Credit Line:
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon; Adopt-an-Audubon Bird sponsor: Linda and Joseph Simon in honor of Roberta J.M. Olson
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
