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A Brief Description of NEW-YORK: Formerly Called New-Netherlands..
Date:
1670
Object Number:
LIB.Y.1670.Den
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Pacific Loon (Gavia pacifica), Havell plate no. 346
Object Number:
1863.17.346
Date:
c. 1834
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, pastel, black ink, black chalk, and gouache with scratching out and selective glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 25 5/16 x 38 3/16 in. (64.3 x 97 cm)
Mat: 39 x 53 in. (99.1 x 134.6 cm)
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower left in graphite: "J.J.A. No 70 -- Plate 346"; at lower center: "Black-throated Diver / Colymbus arcticus, Linn. 1 Adult male Spring plumage -- 2 female, 3 Young first Autumn"; birds numbered from left to right: "1"; "3"; "2"
Description:
Young, winter plumage, center; adults, summer plumage, left and right; formerly Arctic Loon: Pacific Loon recently distinguished from the Arctic Loon by the lack of white rear flanks, a slightly thinner neck, rounder head, and more horizontal bill position.
Gallery Label:
Watercolor perhaps from a drawing of 1820 with specimens collected in England
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.
