Collection Highlights
The Rapalje Children
1768
1946.201
Oil on canvas
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Dark-eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis), Havell plate no. 13
Title
Dark-eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis), Havell plate no. 13
Date
1822
Medium
Watercolor, graphite, pastel, black ink, and black chalk with selective glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions
Paper: 19 1/8 x 11 3/4 in. (48.6 x 29.8 cm)
Mat: 29 x 23 in. (73.7 x 58.4 cm)
Description
Males
Credit Line
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number
1863.17.13
Inscriptions
Signed and inscribed at lower left in graphite: "J. J. Audubon / February"; verso inscriptions in brown ink illegible
Gallery Label
The background flora has been identified as the Cotton gum (Nyssa aquatica).
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
