Collection Highlights
Fort Hamilton Polka Redowa
Date:
1852
Object Number:
PR.020.1.1
Medium:
Color Lithograph.
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Royal Tern (Sterna maxima), Havell plate no. 273
Object Number:
1863.17.273
Date:
1832
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, pastel, and black chalk with touches of gouache and black ink on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 14 11/16 x 21 3/8 in. (37.3 x 54.3 cm)
Mat: 23 x 29 in. (58.4 x 73.7 cm)
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at upper right in graphite: "No. 54[crossed out] -- 269[crossed out]"; at lower center: "Shelfish / X"[instruction to engraver for position of shellfish on copper plate]; at lower right: "55"
Description:
Adult, summer plumage
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.
