Collection Highlights
Settee
Date:
ca. 1800
Object Number:
INV.14952
Medium:
Maple, paint
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Field Sparrow (Spizella pusilla), Havell plate no. 139
Object Number:
1863.17.139
Date:
1829
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, and pastel with touches of gouache and selective glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 18 3/16 x 11 7/16 in. (46.2 x 29.1 cm)
Mat: 29 x 23 in. (73.7 x 58.4 cm)
Marks:
Watermark: JWHATMAN / TURKEY MILLS / 1827
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower left in brown ink: "July 11th J.J.A"; at lower center: "Field Sparrow male / Fringilla pusilla. --"; at lower center in graphite[partially cut]: "Field Sparrow"; erased inscriptions throughout
Description:
Male
Gallery Label:
The background flora has been identified as Grass pink (Calopogon tuberosus) and Blueberry (probably Vaccinium vacillans)
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.
