Collection Highlights
Manhattan Rifles!
Date:
1861-1865
Object Number:
PR.055.3.226
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Northern Gannet (Morus bassanus), Havell plate no. 326
Object Number:
1863.17.326
Date:
1833
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, pastel, black chalk, black ink, collage, and gouache with scratching out and scraping on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 24 3/4 x 37 11/16 in. (62.9 x 95.7 cm)
Mat: 39 x 53 in. (99.1 x 134.6 cm)
Marks:
Watermark: JWHATMAN / 1831 [reversed]
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower left of center in graphite: "No 66 326"; at lower center: "Gannet"; at lower right: "No 65"
Description:
Immature, front; adult, behind
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.
