Collection Highlights
I Knew Him Horatio
Date:
1864
Object Number:
PR.010.1864.Horatio
Medium:
Lithograph
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Luce Center
Red-headed Woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus), Havell plate no. 27
Object Number:
1863.17.27
Date:
c. 1821-25
Medium:
Watercolor, pastel, black chalk, graphite, black ink, and touches of gouache with scratching out and selective glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 25 3/8 x 18 11/16 in. (64.5 x 47.5 cm)
Mat: 35 x 27 in. (88.9 x 68.6 cm)
Marks:
Watermark: TURKEY MILLS / JWHATMAN / 1817 [reversed]
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower left in graphite: "Young 3. 4. & 5."; at lower right[erased]: "27"; at upper right corner: "27"; birds numbered and identified counterclockwise from upper left: "1 female"; "Male 1"; "Young"; "4 Young"; "Young 3"
Description:
Adults, upper and lower left; young, center and right
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.
