Collection Highlights
American Bastille
Date:
Object Number:
LIB.E458.8.M36.1870F.XL
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Sabine's Gull (Xema sabini), Havell plate no. 285
Object Number:
1863.17.285
Date:
1835
Medium:
Watercolor and graphite with touches of black ink, scratching out, and selective glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 14 1/2 x 21 3/8 in. (36.8 x 54.3 cm)
Mat: 23 x 29 in. (58.4 x 73.7 cm)
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower left in brown ink: "No 57. / Plate 285."; at lower center in graphite: "FORK-TAILED GULL. / LARUS SABINII, SAB."; at lower right[erased]: "... / ... / ...Bird particularly / to Mr Blake. --"; verso inscriptions in brown ink illegible
Description:
Summer plumage
Gallery Label:
A sanderling was added to the plate; Audubon was fortunate to see this gull in the harbor of Halifax, Nova Scotia, flying with a flock of Ring-billed gulls
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.
