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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Bufflehead (Bucephala albeola), Havell plate no. 325
Object Number:
1863.17.325
Date:
1833
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, pastel, black chalk, and black ink with touches of gouache and glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 14 7/16 x 21 5/16 in. (36.7 x 54.1 cm)
Mat: 23 x 29 in. (58.4 x 73.7 cm)
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at upper left in graphite: "No 56 -- 27[?] --..."; vertically at middle right: "4th volume"; erased inscriptions throughout
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.
