Collection Highlights
The N. O. massacre
Date:
1866
Object Number:
LIB.SY.1866.43
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Hairy Woodpecker (Picoides villosus; subspecies audubonii and harrisi) and Three-toed Woodpecker (Picoides dorsalis), Havell plate no. 417
Object Number:
1863.17.417
Date:
1838
Medium:
Watercolor, collage, graphite, pastel, black chalk, black ink, and gouache with scratching out and selective glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 31 1/4 x 21 3/16 in. (79.4 x 53.8 cm)
Mat: 41 x 31 in. (104.1 x 78.7 cm)
Inscriptions:
Birds numbered in graphite clockwise from upper left: "1"; "2"; "3"; "5"; "6"; "9"; "10"; "8"; "7"; "4"
Description:
Three-toed Woodpeckers, male and female, at center; other birds are Hairy Woodpeckers, adult males have red crowns, immature males have red napes
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.
