Collection Highlights
Wooden leg of Gouverneur Morris
Date:
ca. 1780
Object Number:
1954.148
Medium:
Oak, leather, metal
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White-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis), Havell plate no. 152
Object Number:
1863.17.152
Date:
1822
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, pastel, and black ink on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 23 3/4 x 17 3/4 in. (60.3 x 45.1 cm)
Mat: 34 x 26 in. (86.4 x 66 cm)
Inscriptions:
Birds numbered in graphite clockwise from upper left: "1"; "2"; "1"; "2"
Description:
Males, upper left and lower right; females, lower left and upper right
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.
