Collection Highlights
Dragonfly Table lamp
c. 1900-1906
N84.113
Glass, bronze
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Luce Center
Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus), Havell plate no. 61
Title
Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus), Havell plate no. 61
Date
1814; after 1821
Medium
Watercolor, collage, pastel, graphite, black chalk, black ink, and gouache on three pieces of paper, laid on card
Dimensions
Paper: 35 1/4 x 24 15/16 in. (89.5 x 63.3 cm)
Mat: 53 x 39 in. (134.6 x 99.1 cm)
Description
Immature female, left; male, right
Credit Line
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number
1863.17.61
Marks
Watermark: JWHATMAN
Inscriptions
Inscribed and signed at lower left in brown ink: "No 13. Plate 61. / Published 1829. / Drawn from Nature by / John. J. Audubon"; at lower right of center: "Great horned-Owl Male 1. F. Young / Strix Virginiana"; at lower right: "Weight-- 4 lb avoir du pois / Breadth 4 feet 8/12. Englis[h, cut, JJA uses the traditional English measuring system as opposed to the new French metric system instituted by Napoleon during this era] / Length 1--"--11/12.-- / Henderson Ky. Sepr. 21st 1814."
Gallery Label
While the male owl was drawn in 1814, the rest of the composition was completed after 1821.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
