Collection Highlights
The Great Fire of 1835: View of New York City Taken from Brooklyn Heights on the Same Evening of the Fire
c. 1835
1935.167
Gouache on heavy paper, laid on Japanese paper, wrapped over board
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Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata), Havell plate no. 102
Title
Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata), Havell plate no. 102
Date
c. 1825
Medium
Watercolor, graphite, pastel, and black ink with scratching out and selective glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions
Paper: 23 13/16 x 18 15/16 in. (60.5 x 48.1 cm)
Mat: 40 x 30 in. (101.6 x 76.2 cm)
Description
Female, left and upper right; male, lower right
Credit Line
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number
1863.17.102
Inscriptions
Inscribed at lower left in brown ink: "Blue Jay male 1. F. 2. & 3 / Corvus cristatus / Plant"; birds numbered counter clockwise from middle right: "1"; "2"; "3"
Gallery Label
The background flora is unfinished.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
