Collection Highlights
The Lost Cause
Date:
1871
Object Number:
PR.068.19
Medium:
Engraving
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Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens), Havell plate no. 112
Object Number:
1863.17.112
Date:
1822
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, gouache, pastel, black chalk, and black ink with selective glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 23 5/8 x 18 5/16 in. (60 x 46.5 cm)
Mat: 41 x 31 in. (104.1 x 78.7 cm)
Marks:
Watermark: TURKEY MILLS / JWHATMAN / 1817
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower left in graphite: "put in more flowers / according to your fancy / to fill the Plate better"; at lower right of center: "Bignonia Capreolata"; at lower right: "No 39"; at upper left corner: "23"; at upper right corner: "12"
Description:
Male, above; female, below
Gallery Label:
The background flora has been identified as Crossvine or Trumpet-flower (Anisostichus capreolata)
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.
