Collection Highlights
Noah's ark
1850-1900
1956.101
Wood, paint
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Drawings
Evening Grosbeak (Coccothraustes vespertinus) and Black-headed Grosbeak (Pheucticus melanocephalus), Havell plate no. 373
Title
Evening Grosbeak (Coccothraustes vespertinus) and Black-headed Grosbeak (Pheucticus melanocephalus), Havell plate no. 373
Date
1836-37
Medium
Watercolor, graphite, black chalk, and black ink on paper, laid on card
Dimensions
Paper: 15 1/4 x 14 1/16 in. (38.7 x 35.7 cm)
Mat: 29 x 23 in. (73.7 x 58.4 cm)
Description
Clockwise from upper right: Evening Grosbeak, adult male; Black-headed Grosbeaks, adult males; Black-headed Grosbeak, female; for Havell plate no. 373, a butterfly drawn by Maria Martin (1796 - 1863) was inserted at upper left, the focus of the four birds' attentions.
Credit Line
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number
1863.17.373
Inscriptions
Inscribed at lower left in brown ink[below margin line ruled in graphite]: "1. Evening Grosbeak. / Fringilla vespertina, Cooper. / old male. -- / No. 72."; at lower center: "2. 3. 4. Spotted Grosbeak. / Males and Female. -- / Fringilla Maculata."; at lower right: "5. 6. 7. Pine Grosbeak. / Males and female. -- / Pyrrhula enucleator, Temm. -- / Plate 358. --"; above in graphite: "Novr. 27th 1836 -- / Wrote to Lenz[Harald Othmar] -- / Harlan -- / Brewer. -- / N. Berthoud --"; birds numbered in brown ink clockwise from upper right: "1"; "2"; "3"; "4"
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
