Collection Highlights
Plan of the City of New York
Date:
1776
Object Number:
LIB.NS3.M36.1.3ab
Medium:
Black ink, with pencil additions, on paper backed with paper backed with cloth
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Boreal Owl (Aegolius funereus), Havell plate no. 380
Object Number:
1863.17.380
Date:
1832
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, pastel, and black chalk with touches of black ink on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 21 3/16 x 14 13/16 in. (53.8 x 37.6 cm)
Mat: 29 x 23 in. (73.7 x 58.4 cm)
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower left in graphite: "No 75. Plate 375. --"; at lower right: "Male 1. F. 2."; birds numbered right and left respectively: "1"; "2"
Description:
Female, left; male, right
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.
