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Diana of the Tower
1899
1977.3
Bronze
Artist/Maker: Augustus Saint-Gaudens

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Audubon's Watercolors for The Birds of America

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Gadwall (Anas strepera)
1863.18.17
Gadwall (Anas strepera), Havell plate no. 348
c. 1832-34
1863.17.348
Glaucous Gull (Larus hyperboreus), Havell plate no. 396
c. 1836
1863.17.396
Glossy Ibis (Plegadis falcinellus), Havell plate no. 387
c. 1836-37
1863.17.387
Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos), Havell plate no. 181
1833
1863.17.181
Golden-crowned Kinglet (Regulus satrapa), Havell plate no. 183
1831
1863.17.183
Grasshopper Sparrow (Ammodramus savannarum), Havell plate no. 130
1812
1863.17.130
Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis), Havell plate no. 128
1822
1863.17.128
Gray Jay (Perisoreus canadensis), Havell plate no. 107
1829
1863.17.107
Gray Kingbird (Tyrannus dominicensis), Havell plate no. 170
1832
1863.17.170
Great Auk (Pinguinus impennis), Havell plate no. 341
c. 1834-36
1863.17.341
Great Black-backed Gull (Larus marinus), Havell plate no. 241
1832
1863.17.241
Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias), Havell plate no. 211
1821; 1834
1863.17.211
Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias), Havell plate no. 281
1832
1863.17.281
Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo), Havell plate no. 266
1833; 1834
1863.17.266
Great Crested Flycatcher (Myiarchus crinitus), Study for Havell pl. no. 129
c. 1824
1863.17.129
Great Crested Grebe (Podiceps cristatus), Havell plate no. 292; two sketches of a foot
1835
1863.17.292
Great Egret (Ardea alba)
1821
1863.18.29
Great Egret (Ardea alba)
c. 1831
1863.18.30
Great Egret (Ardea alba), Havell plate no. 386
1832
1863.17.386
Great Gray Owl (Strix nebulosa), Havell plate no. 351
c. 1834-1836
1863.17.351
Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus), Havell plate no. 61
1814; after 1821
1863.17.61
Greater Prairie-Chicken (Tympanuchus cupido), Havell plate no. 186
1824
1863.17.186
Greater Scaup (Aythya marila), Havell plate no. 229
1822
1863.17.229
Greater Shearwater (Puffinus gravis), Havell plate no. 283
1833
1863.17.283