Collection Highlights
Pierre Toussaint (ca. 1781-1853)
Date:
ca. 1825
Object Number:
1920.4
Medium:
Watercolor on ivory
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White-winged Crossbill (Loxia leucoptera), Havell plate no. 364
Object Number:
1863.17.364
Date:
1833
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, pastel, black chalk, gouache, and black ink with touches of glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions:
Paper: 19 1/2 x 14 1/2 in. (49.5 x 36.8 cm)
Mat: 29 x 23 in. (73.7 x 58.4 cm)
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower left in graphite: "No 74[crossed out] 73 - pl 364"; at lower right[crossed out]: "Plate 368."; birds numbered in brown ink clockwise from lower left: "1"; "3"; "2."; "4"
Description:
Female, above; males, upper right and lower left; immature, lower center
Gallery Label:
The background flora has been identified as probably Mountain alder (Alnus crispa)
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.
