Collection Highlights
Thoughts on African Colonization
Date:
1832
Object Number:
LIB.E448.G24.1832
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Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias), Havell plate no. 211
Object Number:
1863.17.211
Date:
1821; 1834
Medium:
Watercolor, oil, pastel, graphite, gouache, black ink, and collage on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 36 3/16 x 25 3/8 in. (91.9 x 64.5 cm)
Mat: 53 x 39 in. (134.6 x 99.1 cm)
Gallery Label:
Audubon reworked foreground in oil just before Havell engraved this picture in 1834.
Bibliography:
Ramirez, Jan Seidler. "A History of the New-York Historical Society." The Magazine Antiques 167 (2005): 138-145.
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.
