Collection Highlights
Contraband Camp -- Harper's Ferry, VA
Date:
1865
Object Number:
PR.065.815.7
Medium:
Stereograph
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Florida Scrub-Jay (Aphelocoma coerulescens), Havell plate no. 87
Object Number:
1863.17.87
Date:
1829
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, pastel, and black ink with touches of gouache and selective glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 29 3/8 x 20 15/16 in. (74.6 x 53.2 cm)
Mat: 53 x 39 in. (134.6 x 99.1 cm)
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower left in brown ink: "No 18. Plate 87."; below in graphite: "Garrulus Floridanus / Florida Jay / Florida Keys / John J. A"; at lower center in brown ink: "Florida Jay / Garrulus Floridanus male 1 F. 2. / Diospyros virginiana / vulgo Persimon"; at lower right in graphite[erased]: "Diospyros Virginiana / vulgo Persimon"; lower bird numbered in brown ink: "2"
Gallery Label:
The background flora has been identified as Common persimmon (Diospyros virginiana)
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.
