Collection Highlights
Petition to Abraham Lincoln for recruitment of black troops
Date:
ca. 1862
Object Number:
MSS.BV.Petitions
Medium:
Paper
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Whooping Crane (Grus americana), Havell plate no. 226
Object Number:
1863.17.226
Date:
1821–22; 1829–33
Medium:
Watercolor, oil, gouache, graphite, white lead pigment, black ink, and pastel with selective glazing on paper, laid on Japanese paper
Dimensions:
Paper: 37 1/4 x 25 3/4 in. (94.6 x 65.4 cm)
Mat: 53 x 39 in. (134.6 x 99.1 cm)
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower right in graphite: "No 46. P. 229[crossed out] 6."; verso inscribed in brown ink over original graphite inscription: "Length 5 feet 5/12 / Breadth 7-- " -- 8/12. / Weight 13 to 3/4 avoir du poid / male Bird-"; below: "Length.. / Breadth.. / Weight...A.S.P. / 1820 Louisiana / Male"
Description:
Adult
Gallery Label:
Original copper plate housed in the U.S. National Museum (1938)
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.
