Collection Highlights
View from Cozzen's Hotel Near West Point, N.Y.
Date:
1863
Object Number:
S-189
Medium:
Oil on canvas
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Steller's Eider (Polysticta stelleri), Havell plate no. 429
Object Number:
1863.17.429
Date:
c. 1836-38
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, and gouache with touches of black chalk and black ink on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 14 5/8 x 21 1/16 in. (37.1 x 53.5 cm)
Mat: 23 x 29 in. (58.4 x 73.7 cm)
Marks:
Watermark: JWHATMAN / 1837 [reversed]
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower left in graphite: "No 86."; at lower center: "Western Duck"
Description:
Male; Havell plate no. 429 includes an immature duck inserted from watercolor 1863.18.37
Gallery Label:
Based on a mounted bird from a museum in Norwich, England
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.
