Collection Highlights
Chaise (side chair)
Date:
1779
Object Number:
1817.13
Medium:
Beech, gilding; silk upholstery
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Museum Collections
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Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina), Havell plate no. 104
Object Number:
1863.17.104
Date:
1821
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, pastel, gouache, and black ink with selective glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 18 7/16 x 11 7/16 in. (46.8 x 29.1 cm)
Mat: 29 x 23 in. (73.7 x 58.4 cm)
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower left in brown ink: "No 21. Plate 104. / No 10.[1?crossed out] / Plate 48[over 7]."; at lower right in graphite: "Robinia Pseudacacia"; below in brown ink: "Chipping Sparrow. --- / Fringilla Socialis. -- / Plant Vulgo Black Locust. / Robinia Pseudacacia John. J. Audubon"
Gallery Label:
The background flora has been identified as Black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia).
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.
