Collection Highlights
A Song for the times, or John Brown
Date:
1860-1870
Object Number:
LIB.SY.B1860.104
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Wood Thrush (Hylocichla mustelina), Havell plate no. 73
Object Number:
1863.17.73
Date:
1822
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, pastel, and black ink with touches of gouache, scratching out and selective glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 18 7/8 x 11 11/16 in. (47.9 x 29.7 cm)
Mat: 29 x 23 in. (73.7 x 58.4 cm)
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower left: "No 15. plate 73. / Published / 1829. / Weight 1 1/2 oze -- / April 21st 1822. / J.J.A"; at lower right: "Wood Thrush / male 1. F.2. / Turdus mustelinus / Plant Cornus Florida / Vulgo Dog-wood"; birds numbered upper and lower respectively: "1"; "2"
Description:
Male, above; female, below
Gallery Label:
The background flora has been identified as Flowering dogwood (Cornus florida).
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.
