Collection Highlights
The Draft Riots in New York- The Battle in Second Avenue
Date:
1863
Object Number:
PR.020.100.4
Medium:
Wood Engraving
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Long-billed Curlew (Numenius americanus), Havell plate no. 231
Object Number:
1863.17.231
Date:
1831
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, black ink, gouache, and pastel with scratching out and selective glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 25 1/16 x 37 3/4 in. (63.7 x 95.9 cm)
Mat: 39 x 53 in. (99.1 x 134.6 cm)
Inscriptions:
Birds numbered in graphite lower and upper respectively: "1"; "2"
Description:
Adults
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.
