Collection Highlights
American Ornithology; or The Natural History of the Birds of the United States
Date:
1880
Object Number:
LIB.Y1808.W
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Black-throated Mango (Anthracothorax nigricollis), Havell plate no. 184
Object Number:
1863.17.184
Date:
c. 1832
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, gouache, black ink, and gold-colored metallic pigment with selective glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 21 1/8 x 13 13/16 in. (53.7 x 35.1 cm)
Mat: 29 x 23 in. (73.7 x 58.4 cm)
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower right in brown ink[probably in Maria Martin's handwriting]: "Bignonia"; lower bird numbered in graphite: "2"
Description:
Females, lower right and center; males, upper center, right, and left
Gallery Label:
The background flora has been identified as Trumpet creeper or Bignonia (Campsis radicans); this bird is a South American native
Credit Line:
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Exhibitions:
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
