Collection Highlights
Ye book of copperheads
Date:
1863
Object Number:
LIB.XS.E647.L52.1863
Medium:
Paper
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Black-backed Woodpecker (Picoides arcticus), Havell plate no. 132
Object Number:
1863.17.132
Date:
1829
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, pastel, black chalk, black ink, and gouache with touches of scratching out and selective glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 29 3/16 x 21 in. (74.1 x 53.3 cm)
Mat: 40 x 30 in. (101.6 x 76.2 cm)
Marks:
Watermark: JWHATMAN / 182[?]
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at upper right corner: "32"; upper two birds numbered in graphite upper and lower respectively: "1"; "2"
Description:
Female, left; males, right
Gallery Label:
The background flora has been identified as Poison ivy (Rhus radicans)
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.
