Collection Highlights
Seated Man Writing, from the Economical School Series
Date:
c. 1810-14
Object Number:
1953.274f
Medium:
Black chalk, charcoal, and gray wash on light blue paper
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White-crowned Pigeon (Patagioenas leucocephala), Havell plate no. 177
Object Number:
1863.17.177
Date:
1832
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, pastel, collage, black ink, and gouache with touches of metallic pigments, scratching out, and selective glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 29 3/16 x 21 1/16 in. (74.1 x 53.5 cm)
Mat: 41 x 31 in. (104.1 x 78.7 cm)
Marks:
Watermark: [cut]WHATMAN
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at upper right corner in graphite: "87"; birds numbered in gray ink right and left respectively: "1"; "2"
Description:
Adults
Gallery Label:
The background flora has been identified as Geiger tree (Cordia sebestena)
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.
