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The Game of Playing Department Store
1898
2000.715
Cardboard, wood, paper
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Eastern Screech-Owl (Otus asio), Havell plate no. 97
Title
Eastern Screech-Owl (Otus asio), Havell plate no. 97
Date
c. 1812; 1829
Medium
Watercolor, graphite, pastel, collage, black chalk, black ink, and gouache with selective glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions
Paper: 27 3/16 x 21 1/16 in. (69.1 x 53.5 cm)
Mat: 35 x 27 in. (88.9 x 68.6 cm)
Description
Adults; variations of plumage color are common in this species
Credit Line
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number
1863.17.97
Inscriptions
Inscribed at lower left in brown ink: "No 20. / Plate 97."; at left of lower center: "Mottled Owl -- Adult 1. / Young 2. 3. / Strix asio / Plant Pinus inops / Vulgo Jersey Pine--"; at lower right in graphite: "Jersey Pine -- / Pinus inops -- (micha[cut] / Strix asio / New Jersey Octr / J.J.A."; birds numbered in brown ink counter clockwise from upper: "1"; "2"; "3"
Gallery Label
upper bird painted ca. 1812; lower birds painted in 1829
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
