Collection Highlights
The Course of Empire: The Consummation of Empire
1836
1858.3
Oil on canvas (relined)
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Museum Collections
Drawings
Black Tern (Chlidonias niger), Havell plate no. 280
Title
Black Tern (Chlidonias niger), Havell plate no. 280
Date
c. 1835
Medium
Watercolor, graphite, pastel, black chalk, and black ink on paper, laid on card
Dimensions
Paper: 21 x 14 9/16 in. (53.3 x 37 cm)
Mat: 29 x 23 in. (73.7 x 58.4 cm)
Description
Winter plumage, above; breeding plumage, below
Credit Line
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number
1863.17.280
Inscriptions
Inscribed at lower left in graphite[erased]: "50 -- 280"; at center: "Fork-tailed Tern. 1 Male adult Summer plumage 2 - Young Autumnal plumage"; birds numbered in black ink lower and upper respectively: "1."; "2."; erased and cut inscriptions along lower edge
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
