Collection Highlights
Armchair
Date:
1785-1789
Object Number:
1916.7
Medium:
Mahogany; pine, poplar
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Surf Scoter (Melanitta perspicillata), Havell plate no. 317
Object Number:
1863.17.317
Date:
1833
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, pastel, black chalk, and black ink with touches of gouache on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 20 11/16 x 29 7/16 in. (52.5 x 74.8 cm)
Mat: 31 x 41 in. (78.7 x 104.1 cm)
Marks:
Watermark: JWHATMAN / 1830
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at upper left in graphite: "No 52 --- 257 ---"; at upper right: "No 164 Plate / 317."; birds numbered left and right respectively: "1"; "2"; faintly at upper right edge: "Butter-boat-billed Coot"
Description:
Male, left; female, right
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.
