Collection Highlights
Albert Gallatin (1761-1849)
Date:
ca. 1849
Object Number:
MSS.GallatinPapers.1
Medium:
Daguerreotype
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Common Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula), Havell plate no. 342
Object Number:
1863.17.342
Date:
c. 1832-34
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, pastel, black chalk, and black ink on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 21 1/4 x 29 11/16 in. (54 x 75.4 cm)
Mat: 31 x 41 in. (78.7 x 104.1 cm)
Marks:
Watermark: JWHATMAN / 1830
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower left in graphite: "Plate 342."; at lower left of center: "Golden eyed Duck / Male 1 -- Female 2. [cut]"; birds numbered left and right respectively: "1"; "2"
Description:
Male, left; female, 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.
