Collection Highlights
The Rail Candidate
Date:
1860
Object Number:
PR.010.1860.Rail
Medium:
Lithograph
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Merlin (Falco columbarius), Havell plate no. 92
Object Number:
1863.17.92
Date:
c. 1825-29
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, pastel, black chalk, and gouache with touches of black ink, metallic pigment and glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 23 1/4 x 18 1/8 in. (59.1 x 46 cm)
Mat: 35 x 27 in. (88.9 x 68.6 cm)
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower left in brown ink: "No 19. / Plate 92."; at lower center: "Pigeon Hawk Male 1. F. 2 -- / Falco columbarius--"; birds numbered upper and lower respectively: "1"; "2"; at upper right corner in graphite: "92"
Description:
Immature male, above; immature female, below
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.
