Collection Highlights
Ma-Nuncue
Date:
After 1826
Object Number:
PR.221.58
Medium:
Engraving
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Greater Shearwater (Puffinus gravis), Havell plate no. 283
Object Number:
1863.17.283
Date:
1833
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, pastel, black chalk, and black ink on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 14 13/16 x 21 5/8 in. (37.6 x 54.9 cm)
Mat: 23 x 29 in. (58.4 x 73.7 cm)
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower left in brown ink: "No 57. Plate 283. --"; at lower right in brown ink[over erased graphite]: "Cinereous Petrel. Lath.[insert] male. / Puffinus cinereus, Cuv. / cinereous Petrel, Latham Puffinus cinereus, Cuvier."; at upper left in graphite[erased]: "No 57"
Description:
Male
Gallery Label:
Although Audubon's inscription specifies "male," the sexes in this species are indistinguishable in appearance
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.
