Collection Highlights
Dressing table
Date:
1795-1810
Object Number:
INV.14982
Medium:
Probably New York mahogany, white pine, yellow poplar, other inlays
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Atlantic Puffin (Fratercula arctica), Havell plate no. 213
Object Number:
1863.17.213
Date:
1833
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, gouache, black ink, and black pastel with touches of glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 14 1/2 x 21 7/16 in. (36.8 x 54.5 cm)
Mat: 23 x 29 in. (58.4 x 73.7 cm)
Marks:
Watermark: JWHATMAN / TURKEY MILL
Inscriptions:
Birds numbered in graphite right and left respectively: "1"; "2"
Description:
Summer plumage
Credit Line:
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Exhibitions:
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
