Collection Highlights
New York City Hall, front elevation
Date:
1802
Object Number:
PR.040.1
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Say's Least Shrew (Cryptotis parva), Study for Plate no. 70 of "The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America"; verso: comparative diagram
Object Number:
Z.3297
Date:
1842
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, and gouache with scratching out on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 x 19 1/8 in. ( 22.9 x 48.6 cm )
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower left in graphite: "New York Feby. 5th 1842. -- / J.J.A"; at lower center: "Sorex parvus, Say / Say's Sorex. Male and female / Natural Size. --"; at lower right: "Re'd from Mr. Hammond / who caught these alive / in a ditch 14 miles East / of New York. --"; verso inscribed at upper left upside down in graphite: "Tail flat beneath but / forming an arch above, giving it / almost the appearance of a / rounded tail split through the / Middle. --"; at upper center above diagram: "Fo
Description:
This shrew, called a 'sorex' by John James Audubon, was caught alive in a ditch 14 miles east of his New York home. For Plate# 70 of The Viviparous Quadrupeds of America. Formerly S-9.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
