Collection Highlights
Afternoon Hastings Landing. Palisades Rocks in Shadow, New York
1836-37
1952.410
Watercolor, gouache, graphite, scratching out, and touches of black ink and glazing on paper laid on brown card
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Canada Warbler (Wilsonia canadensis), Havell plate no. 103
Title
Canada Warbler (Wilsonia canadensis), Havell plate no. 103
Date
1829
Medium
Watercolor, graphite, black pastel, gouache, and black ink with selective glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions
Paper: 18 5/8 x 11 7/16 in. (47.3 x 29.1 cm)
Mat: 29 x 23 in. (73.7 x 58.4 cm)
Description
Male, above; female, below
Credit Line
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number
1863.17.103
Inscriptions
Inscribed and signed at lower right in brown ink: "Canada Flycatcher. Male 1. F. 2. / Sylvia pardalina. / Plant Rhododendron maximun / (Vulgo). Laurel -- / Great Pine Swamp Augt. 1st. / J.J.A."; at lower center: "No. 21. / Plate 103."; birds numbered upper and lower respectively: "1"; "2"
Gallery Label
The background flora has been identified as Rosebay rhododendron (Rhododendron maximum).
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
