Collection Highlights
Get off the track! : a song for Emmancipation, sung by the Hutchinsons, respectfully dedicated to Nath.l P. Rogers, as a mark of esteem for his intrepidity in the cause of human rights
Date:
1844
Object Number:
LIB.M1622a.Hutchinson
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Rose-breasted Grosbeak (Pheucticus ludovicianus); sketch of the underside of a wing
Object Number:
1863.18.6
Date:
1810
Medium:
Pastel, graphite, and black chalk on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 12 3/4 x 8 1/4 in. (32.4 x 21 cm)
Mat: 29 x 23 in. (73.7 x 58.4 cm)
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower left in brown ink: \"No 182.\"; below: \"Indiana territory opposite the Red Banks K.y[cut] / Sepr 16th 1810\"; at lower center in graphite: \"The Variegated Grosbill. -- / Loxia\"; at lower right in graphite: \"J.J.Audubon\"; at middle right, diagonally under wing detail: \"view of the under Couvers[coverts] of the Wing\"
Gallery Label:
The background flora has been identified as
Credit Line:
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon; Adopt-an-Audubon Bird sponsor: Louise Mirrer
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
