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Collection Highlights

The Peale Family
1773-1809
1867.298
Oil on canvas
Artist/Maker: Charles Willson Peale

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American Dipper (Cinclus mexicanus), Havell plate no. 370

American Dipper (Cinclus mexicanus), Havell plate no. 370
Title
American Dipper (Cinclus mexicanus), Havell plate no. 370
Date 
1836-37
Related People 
Artist/Maker: John James Audubon
Related People 
Other Artist: Victor Gifford Audubon
Medium 
Oil, pastel, watercolor, and graphite with touches of black ink on paper, laid on card
Dimensions 
Paper: 11 13/16 x 18 1/4 in. (30 x 46.4 cm) Mat: 23 x 29 in. (58.4 x 73.7 cm)
Credit Line 
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number 
1863.17.370
Inscriptions 
Inscribed at lower left in graphite[cut]: "No 75 Plate 374."
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.