Collection Highlights
View of St. Patrick's Cathedral from Inside Rockefeller Center: Study for a Set of Painted Doors
2002
2002.46
Gouache, colored pencil, and graphite on gray paper
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Museum Collections
Audubon's Watercolors for The Birds of America
Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura)
Title
Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura)
Date
1820
Medium
Pastel, watercolor, graphite, black ink, and black chalk with touches of gouache on two sheets of paper, laid on card
Dimensions
Paper: 18 11/16 x 18 5/16 in. (47.5 x 46.5 cm)Mat: 29 x 23 in. (73.7 x 58.4 cm)
Description
Downy young
Credit Line
Purchased for New-York Historical by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number
1863.18.22
Gallery Label
The background flora has been identified as
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
