Collection Highlights
Proposed Coat of Arms for New Amsterdam, New Netherland: Preparatory Drawing for a Presentation to the Dutch West India Company
Date:
ca. 1630
Object Number:
1885.5
Medium:
Black ink and wash, watercolor, red and black chalk, and red gouache, with contours incised by a stylus on laid on paper, mounted on card
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Bat; sketch of an ear
Object Number:
Z.3307
Date:
c. 1841
Medium:
Watercolor, pastel, and graphite with scratching out on sketchbook paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 5/8 x 13 1/8 in. ( 19.4 x 33.3 cm )
Marks:
inscription: brown ink l.r. Vespertilio/noctincycuis [?] LeConte/ v. Audubonii Harlan
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at middle right in brown ink: "Vestpertilio / nocturcycius[?] Le Conte / V. Audubonii Harlan"
Description:
A view of the front of a bat that Audubon called Vespertilio noctincycius [?], LeConte. Includes a small graphite detail of the ear structure.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
