Collection Highlights
Dressing table
Date:
1795-1810
Object Number:
INV.14982
Medium:
Probably New York mahogany, white pine, yellow poplar, other inlays
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Northern Goshawk (Accipiter gentilis) and Cooper's Hawk (Accipiter cooperii), Havell plate no. 141
Object Number:
1863.17.141
Date:
1809; c. 1810-19; c. 1829
Medium:
Pastel, black chalk, watercolor, collage, graphite, black ink, and gouache with selective glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 39 1/16 x 25 15/16 in. (99.2 x 65.9 cm)
Mat: 53 x 39 in. (134.6 x 99.1 cm)
Description:
Adult Goshawk, left; immature Cooper's Hawk, right
Gallery Label:
Cooper's hawk painted 1809; immature goshwak painted ca. 1830; adult Northern goshawk painted between 1810 and 1819
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.
