Collection Highlights
Camp Bed
1777-1785
1871.8
Wood, canvas, iron
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Ivory Gull (Pagophila eburnea), Havell plate no. 287
Title
Ivory Gull (Pagophila eburnea), Havell plate no. 287
Date
c. 1835
Medium
Watercolor, graphite, collage, black ink, and gouache with touches of glazing 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
Adult, left; immature, right
Credit Line
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number
1863.17.287
Inscriptions
Inscribed at lower left of center in brown ink: "No 58." at lower center: "IVORY GULL, Lath. / LARUS EBURNEUS, Gm. Adult 1. Immature 2."; at lower right: "Plate 287."; at lower left in graphite[erased]: "No 58"; erased inscriptions in lower register
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
