Museum Collections
Luce Center
Dunlin (Calidris alpina), Havell plate no. 290
Object Number:
1863.17.290
Date:
c. 1834-36
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, black ink, gouache, and black chalk with scratching out and selective glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 10 3/4 x 18 1/2 in. (27.3 x 47 cm)
Mat: 23 x 29 in. (58.4 x 73.7 cm)
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at center in brown ink: "Red-backed Sandpiper, Summer plumage 1. Winter plumage 2. / TRIN[inserted]GA ALPINA, Lin."; birds numbered in brown ink[over graphite] right and left respectively: "1"; "2."; at lower right in graphite[erased]: "5..."
Description:
Winter plumage, left; summer plumage, 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.