Museum Collections
Luce Center
Ivory Gull (Pagophila eburnea), Havell plate no. 287
Object Number:
1863.17.287
Date:
c. 1835
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, collage, black ink, and gouache with touches of glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 21 1/2 x 29 9/16 in. (54.6 x 75.1 cm)
Mat: 38 × 52 in. (96.5 × 132.1 cm)
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower left of center in brown ink: "No 58." at lower center: "IVORY GULL, Lath. / LARUS EBURNEUS, Gm. Adult 1. Immature 2."; at lower right: "Plate 287."; at lower left in graphite[erased]: "No 58"; erased inscriptions in lower register
Description:
Adult, left; immature, 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.