Collection Highlights
View of Brooklyn from the Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn, New York
after 1883
1904.22
Black ink, white gouache, and graphite on photo-sensitive paper, laid on card
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Museum Collections
Drawings
Dickcissel (Spiza americana), Havell plate no. 384
Title
Dickcissel (Spiza americana), Havell plate no. 384
Date
1822
Medium
Watercolor, graphite, pastel, gouache, and black ink with selective glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions
Paper: 18 15/16 x 11 7/8 in. (48.1 x 30.2 cm)
Mat: 29 x 23 in. (73.7 x 58.4 cm)
Description
Female, left; male, right
Credit Line
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number
1863.17.384
Marks
Watermark: TURKEY MILLS / JWHATMAN / 1817
Inscriptions
Inscribed at lower left in graphite: "No 71. / J.J.Audubon -- / near Natchez -- / April 20th"; at lower center: "Black Throated Bunting -- male 1. F.2 / Emberyza americana -- [erased but legible and partially beneath: "Plate 194"]"; at lower right: "Plate 354"; birds numbered in graphite right and left respectively: "1"; "2"
Gallery Label
The background flora has been identified as possibly Giant reed on left (Arundo donax) and Butter-and-eggs (Linaria vulgaris), right
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
