Collection Highlights
Noah's ark
1850-1900
1956.101
Wood, paint
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Museum Collections
Drawings
Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus)
Title
Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus)
Date
1820
Medium
Watercolor, graphite, pastel, and black ink with touches of gouache and scratching out on paper, laid on card
Dimensions
Paper: 28 7/16 x 18 15/16 in. (72.2 x 48.1 cm)
Mat: 41 x 31 in. (104.1 x 78.7 cm)
Credit Line
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number
1863.18.23
Inscriptions
Inscribed to right of lower center in brown ink: "Black Vulture or Carrion Crow / Vultur Atratus / drawn from Nature by John. J. Audubon / Mathews' Bend, Mississipi Decr 21. 1820"; at lower right: "Total length 2. 3/12 feet / Bill to tail -- 2. 1/12 -- " / Breadth --- 5 --- " / Weight -- 5 lb"[probably Matthew's Bend, Chicot County, Arkansas]
Gallery Label
The background flora has been identified as
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
