Collection Highlights
Panoramic View of New York City (in Eight Sections)
1842-45
1915.76
Black ink over graphite on eight sheets of ivory paper with partial black ink borders, laid on Japanese paper
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Black-throated Green Warbler ( Dendroica virens)
Title
Black-throated Green Warbler ( Dendroica virens)
Date
1827
Medium
Watercolor, graphite, black ink, and black chalk on paper mounted on heavy card
Dimensions
Overall: 12 7/8 x 9 7/8 in. (32.7 x 25.1 cm)
Description
Upper bird, reversed, after Havell Plate #399. This drawing is referred to in Maria Audubon's "Audubon and His Journals" as a gift created especially for the artist's mother.
Credit Line
Gift of Miss Clara Peck,
Object Number
1962.42
Inscriptions
Signed and dated at lower center in gray ink: "Audubon / 1827."
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
