Collection Highlights
Great Attraction at the Masonic Hall...Joice Heth
Date:
1835
Object Number:
LIB.SY.1835.49
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Mangrove Cuckoo (Coccyzus minor), Havell plate no. 169
Object Number:
1863.17.169
Date:
1832
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, pastel, and gouache with touches of black ink and selective glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 21 3/8 x 14 7/16 in. (54.3 x 36.7 cm)
Mat: 29 x 23 in. (73.7 x 58.4 cm)
Marks:
Watermark: JWHATMAN / 183[?]
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower left in brown ink[over erased graphite inscriptions]: "Mangrove Cuckoo"; at lower right: "Key West F[cut] / May 1832 --"; at upper right corner in graphite: "69"
Gallery Label:
The background flora has been identified as Seven-year apple (Cassasia clusiifolia)
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.
