Collection Highlights
A Song for the times, or John Brown
Date:
1860-1870
Object Number:
LIB.SY.B1860.104
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Snow Bunting (Plectrophenax nivalis), Havell plate no. 189
Object Number:
1863.17.189
Date:
1832-33
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, gouache, black ink, and black chalk on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 21 1/16 x 14 3/16 in. (53.5 x 36 cm)
Mat: 29 x 23 in. (73.7 x 58.4 cm)
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower right in graphite: "J.J.A"; erased inscriptions in lower register
Description:
Adults, winter plumage, upper left and lower right; immature, winter plumage, below
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.
