Collection Highlights
Memorial sample card
Date:
Object Number:
1947.490a
Medium:
Watercolor and hair on ivory
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Sooty Tern (Sterna fuscata), Havell plate no. 235
Object Number:
1863.17.235
Date:
1832
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, black pastel, black chalk, and black ink on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 14 9/16 x 19 7/8 in. (37 x 50.5 cm)
Mat: 23 x 29 in. (58.4 x 73.7 cm)
Marks:
Watermark: JWHATMAN / 18[?]0 [reversed]
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at upper left in graphite: "[cut]56 -- 280 --"; erased inscriptions at lower right; verso inscriptions in brown ink illegible
Description:
Breeding 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.
