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Keg with stand from Erie Canal celebration
ca. 1825
X.48
Wood, metal, paint

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Unidentified Shorebird (Black-bellied Plover?)

Unidentified Shorebird (Black-bellied Plover?)
Related People 
Artist/Maker: John James Audubon
Title
Unidentified Shorebird (Black-bellied Plover?)
Medium 
Watercolor, graphite, and gouache with touches of pastel and black ink on paper, laid on card
Dimensions 
Paper: 11 1/4 x 18 3/4 in. (28.6 x 47.6 cm), irregular Mat: 23 x 29 in. (58.4 x 73.7 cm)
Description 
Winter plumage
Credit Line 
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number 
1863.18.25
Inscriptions 
Verso inscriptions in brown ink illegible.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.