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Fire engine condenser case
1830-1840
1937.1631
Wood, paint, gilding
Artist/Maker: Thomas Grenell

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Audubon's Watercolors for The Birds of America

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Northern Bobwhite (Colinus virginianus) and Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus), Study for Havell pl. no. 76
c. 1825
1863.17.76
Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis), Havell plate no. 159
1822
1863.17.159
Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus), Havell plate no. 37
1821; 1827
1863.17.37
Northern Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis), Havell plate no. 264
1831
1863.17.264
Northern Gannet (Morus bassanus), Havell plate no. 326
1833
1863.17.326
Northern Goshawk (Accipiter gentilis) and Cooper's Hawk (Accipiter cooperii), Havell plate no. 141
1809; c. 1810-19; c. 1829
1863.17.141
Northern Harrier (Circus cyaneus), Havell plate no. 356
1820; c. 1836
1863.17.356
Northern Hawk-Owl (Surnia ulula), Havell plate no. 378
1836-37
1863.17.378
Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos), Havell plate no. 21
c.1825
1863.17.21
Northern Parula (Parula americana), Havell plate no. 15
1821
1863.17.15
Northern Pintail (Anas acuta), Havell plate no. 227
1822
1863.17.227
Northern Saw-whet Owl (Aegolius acadicus), Havell plate no. 199
c.1833
1863.17.199
Northern Shoveler (Anas clypeata), Havell plate no. 327
1832
1863.17.327
Northern Shrike (Lanius excubitor), Havell plate no. 192
1833
1863.17.192
Olive-sided Flycatcher (Contopus borealis), Havell plate no. 174
1832
1863.17.174
Orange-crowned warbler (Vermivora celata), Havell plate no. 178
1832
1863.17.178
Orchard Oriole (Icterus spurius)
c. 1808
1863.18.1
Orchard Oriole (Icterus spurius), Havell plate no. 42
1822
1863.17.42
Osprey (Pandion haliaetus), Havell plate no. 81
1829
1863.17.81
Ovenbird (Seiurus aurocapillus), Havell plate no. 143
1829
1863.17.143
Pacific Loon (Gavia pacfica)
1863.18.27
Pacific Loon (Gavia pacifica), Havell plate no. 346
c. 1834
1863.17.346
Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris), Havell plate no. 53
1821
1863.17.53
Palm Warbler (Dendroica palmarum), Havell plate no. 145
1821; c. 1822
1863.17.145
Palm Warbler (Dendroica palmarum), Havell plate no. 163
1831-32
1863.17.163
Creative: Tronvig Group