Collection Highlights
Camp scene from photograph
Date:
ca. 1861-1865
Object Number:
PR.022.4
Medium:
Wood engraving
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Eastern Screech-Owl (Otus asio), Havell plate no. 97
Object Number:
1863.17.97
Date:
c. 1812; 1829
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, pastel, collage, black chalk, black ink, and gouache with selective glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 27 3/16 x 21 1/16 in. (69.1 x 53.5 cm)
Mat: 35 x 27 in. (88.9 x 68.6 cm)
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower left in brown ink: "No 20. / Plate 97."; at left of lower center: "Mottled Owl -- Adult 1. / Young 2. 3. / Strix asio / Plant Pinus inops / Vulgo Jersey Pine--"; at lower right in graphite: "Jersey Pine -- / Pinus inops -- (micha[cut] / Strix asio / New Jersey Octr / J.J.A."; birds numbered in brown ink counter clockwise from upper: "1"; "2"; "3"
Description:
Adults; variations of plumage color are common in this species
Gallery Label:
upper bird painted ca. 1812; lower birds painted in 1829
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.
