Museum Collections
Luce Center
American Woodcock (Scolopax minor), Havell plate no. 268
Object Number:
1863.17.268
Date:
c. 1832-34
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, collage, pastel, black ink, and black chalk with touches of gouache, scratching out, and selective glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 14 3/4 x 21 5/8 in. (37.5 x 54.9 cm)
Mat: 23 x 29 in. (58.4 x 73.7 cm)
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at upper left in graphite: "No 4 -- 253"; at upper center: "This wing p... / ...st--- / This Bird[with line drawn to indicate upper bird] / more in the center ---"; at lower center: "Watch the holes in the Mud"; lower birds numbered right and left respectively: "1"; "3"; erased inscriptions throughout
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.