Collection Highlights
"Columbia Demands Her Children"
Date:
1864
Object Number:
PR.010.1864.30
Medium:
Paper
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Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator)
Object Number:
1863.18.15
Date:
1821
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, and pastel with touches of gouache and black ink on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 18 1/8 x 22 7/8 in. (46 x 58.1 cm)
Mat: 27 x 35 in. (68.6 x 88.9 cm)
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at the left in graphite: "Nov 1821 / Weight 1 lb 2/16 -- / Length 20 inches -- / Breadth 2 1/2 feet -- / Tongue remarkable / Female / Stomach / nothing...gravel"; at right: "Nov 13 / Weight 1 lb 2/16 / Length 20 Inches / Tongue remarkable slender & bro[cut] / Female / nothing in the stomach gizzard full of g[cut]"; below in graphite[erased and painted over]: "Redbreasted Merganser / Mergus serrator"
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.
