Collection Highlights
Wooden leg of Gouverneur Morris
ca. 1780
1954.148
Oak, leather, metal
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Luce Center
Common Loon (Gavia immer), Havell plate no. 306
Title
Common Loon (Gavia immer), Havell plate no. 306
Date
1819?; 1833
Medium
Watercolor, graphite, pastel, black chalk, black ink, and gouache with scratching out and selective glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions
Paper: 25 7/16 x 37 1/8 in. (64.6 x 94.3 cm)
Mat: 35 x 47 in. (88.9 x 119.4 cm)
Description
Winter plumage, left; summer plumage, right
Credit Line
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number
1863.17.306
Marks
Watermark: JWHATMAN / 183[?]
Inscriptions
Inscribed at lower left in graphite with horizonal and vertical framing lines to indicate placement of the image on the engraving plate
Gallery Label
Bird on left modeled from specimen shot 1819; bird on right begun on July 9, 1833 in Labrador
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
