Collection Highlights
The Peale Family
Date:
1773-1809
Object Number:
1867.298
Medium:
Oil on canvas
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Common Tern (Sterna hirundo), Havell plate no. 309
Object Number:
1863.17.309
Date:
ca. 1834
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, and black ink with touches of gouache on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 21 5/8 x 14 11/16 in. (54.9 x 37.3 cm)
Mat: 29 x 23 in. (73.7 x 58.4 cm)
Marks:
Watermark: JWHATMAN / 18[?]
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower left in graphite: "Common Tern - / Sterna Hyrundo."
Description:
Summer plumage
Gallery Label:
Another version in N-YHS collections is a preliminary sketch (1821) with less detail in plumage and slightly more vertical plunge of tern (1863.18.33)
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.
