Collection Highlights
Dragonfly table lamp
Date:
ca. 1900-1906
Object Number:
N84.113.1
Medium:
Glass, bronze
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Solitary Sandpiper (Tringa solitaria), Havell plate no. 289
Object Number:
1863.17.289
Date:
c. 1825
Medium:
Watercolor, collage, graphite, gouache, and pastel with touches of black ink, scratching out, and selective glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 14 9/16 x 20 7/8 in. (37 x 53 cm)
Mat: 23 x 29 in. (58.4 x 73.7 cm)
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower left in graphite: "Long as these... / 2 legs."; birds numbered in brown ink right and left respectively : "1"; "2"; verso has extensive illegible inscriptions
Description:
Winter plumage, left; summer plumage, right
Gallery Label:
Composition reworked and pasted on background at a later date
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.
