Collection Highlights
"Columbia Demands Her Children"
Date:
1864
Object Number:
PR.010.1864.30
Medium:
Paper
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Seaside Sparrow (Ammodramus maritimus), Havell plate no. 355
Object Number:
1863.17.355
Date:
1829
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, gouache, and black ink with touches of pastel and black chalk, and selective glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Mat: 29 x 23 in. (73.7 x 58.4 cm)
Sheet (paper): 19 15/16 × 14 3/16 in. (50.6 × 36 cm)
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower left in graphite[erased]: "No 71"; at lower right: "Plate 355. / Male 1 & Female 2"; birds numbered right and left respectively: "1"; "2"
Gallery Label:
The background flora has been identified as Virginia rose (Rosa virginiana).
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.
