Collection Highlights
Fete to Lafayette
Date:
1824
Object Number:
PR.022.9
Medium:
Engraving
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Luce Center
Whip-poor-will (Caprimulgus vociferus), Havell plate no. 82; sketch of a foot
Object Number:
1863.17.82
Date:
c. 1827-30
Medium:
Watercolor, pastel, black chalk, gouache, black ink, and graphite with selective glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 28 7/8 x 21 9/16 in. (73.3 x 54.8 cm)
Mat: 40 x 30 in. (101.6 x 76.2 cm)
Marks:
Watermark: JWHATMAN / 182[7?] [reversed]
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower left in brown ink: "No 17. Plate 82. / Drawn from Nature & Puplished / by / John. J. Audubon F.R.S. F.LS. & c"; at lower leftt of center: "Caprimulgus vociferus / Whip-poor-will. Male 1. F. 2. 3 / quercus tinctoria / Vulgo Black Oak."; various inscriptions counterclockwise from lower right: "foot"[next to sketch]; "Male"; "Saturnia Cecropia"; "Male / Rosabisa[?] Io"; birds numbered clockwise from top: "1."; "2"; "3."
Description:
Males, above; females, below pursuing a Cecropia Moth (Hylophora cecropia) of the family Saturnia; and a Io moth (Automeris io).
Gallery Label:
The background flora has been identified as Red Oak (Quercus borealis) or Black Oak (Quercus velutina)
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.
