Collection Highlights
Civil Defense Volunteer Organization Uniform
Date:
1942-1945
Object Number:
1946.89a-c
Medium:
Wool, silk, metal
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Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii), Havell plate no. 18
Object Number:
1863.17.18
Date:
1821
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, pastel, and black ink with touches of glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 18 3/4 x 11 3/8 in. (47.6 x 28.9 cm)
Mat: 29 x 23 in. (73.7 x 58.4 cm)
Marks:
Watermark: TURKEY MILLS / JWHATMAN / 1818
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower left in brown ink: "No 4. Plate 18[in graphite] / Drawn from Nature by John. J. Audubon / Bayou Sarah Louisianna Octr 19th[over 12th] 1821."; at lower center: "Bewick's long=tailed Wren. / Long Tailed Creeper Male. / Certhia"; at lower right: "Length -- 5. Inches / breadth. -- 6 1/2 " / Tongue slender Jagged / Mouth Yellow / rump feathers white beneath with central spots. -- / Tail Feathers 10. --"; erased inscriptions in lower register
Gallery Label:
The background flora has been identified as Wahou or winged elm (Ulmus alata).
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.
