Collection Highlights
Fire engine condenser case
1830-1840
1937.1631
Wood, paint, gilding
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Iceland Gull (Larus glaucoides), Havell plate no. 282
Title
Iceland Gull (Larus glaucoides), Havell plate no. 282
Date
c. 1832-33
Medium
Watercolor, graphite, pastel, and gouache with touches of black ink on paper, laid on card
Dimensions
Paper: 21 1/2 x 29 9/16 in. (54.6 x 75.1 cm)
Mat: 31 x 41 in. (78.7 x 104.1 cm)
Description
Immature, above; adult, below
Credit Line
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number
1863.17.282
Inscriptions
Inscribed at lower left in graphite: "Plate 282. / No 57."; at lower left of center: "Adult 1. Young 2d autumn 2 --"; at lower center: "White-winged Silvery Gull. Larus leucopterus, Faber. L. arcticus MacGillivray -- L. glaucoides Temm."; above: "57[crossed out]"; above in middle left rock: "Make this darker than the Skie / and more rocky but Keep the skie as it is"; above in rock: "Make this ground more gravely --"
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
