Collection Highlights
Wooden leg of Gouverneur Morris
Date:
ca. 1780
Object Number:
1954.148
Medium:
Oak, leather, metal
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Olive-sided Flycatcher (Contopus borealis), Havell plate no. 174
Object Number:
1863.17.174
Date:
1832
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, pastel, and gouache with touches of black ink and selective glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 21 1/2 x 14 1/8 in. (54.6 x 35.9 cm)
Mat: 29 x 23 in. (73.7 x 58.4 cm)
Inscriptions:
Birds numbered in graphite lower and upper respectively: "1"; "2"; at upper right corner: "74"
Gallery Label:
The background flora has been identified as Balsam fir (Abies balsamea) painted in Maine a few weeks later
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.
