Collection Highlights
Badge of the Society of the Cincinnati
Date:
ca. 1802
Object Number:
1972.12ab
Medium:
Silk, gold, enamel
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Prairie Warbler (Dendroica discolor), Havell plate no. 14
Object Number:
1863.17.14
Date:
1821
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, pastel, black ink, and gouache on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 18 11/16 x 11 11/16 in. (47.5 x 29.7 cm)
Mat: 29 x 23 in. (73.7 x 58.4 cm)
Marks:
Watermark: TURKEY MILLS / JWHATMAN / 18[?]
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower left in graphite: "No. 3--"; below in brown ink: "Drawn from Nature by John. J. Audubon / Bayou Sarah Louisianna Sepr 5th 1821"; at lower left of center in brown ink: "Prairie Warblers Male & femalle / Sylvia Minuta"; at lower right in graphite[two lines erased]: "F... / ..."
Description:
Female above; male below
Gallery Label:
The background flora has been identified as Sedge (possibly Cyperus strigosus).
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.
