Collection Highlights
The Peale Family
Date:
1773-1809
Object Number:
1867.298
Medium:
Oil on canvas
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Sedge Wren (Cistothorus platensis), Havell plate no. 175
Object Number:
1863.17.175
Date:
1832
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, gouache, and black ink with selective glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 21 1/2 x 14 7/16 in. (54.6 x 36.7 cm)
Mat: 29 x 23 in. (73.7 x 58.4 cm)
Inscriptions:
Birds numbered in graphite right and left respectively: "1"; "2"; at upper right corner: "75"
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.
