Collection Highlights
The Great Fire of 1835: View of New York City Taken from Brooklyn Heights on the Same Evening of the Fire
c. 1835
1935.167
Gouache on heavy paper, laid on Japanese paper, wrapped over board
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Harlequin Duck (Histrionicus histrionicus), Havell plate no. 297
Title
Harlequin Duck (Histrionicus histrionicus), Havell plate no. 297
Date
1833
Medium
Watercolor, collage, graphite, pastel, and black ink with scratching out on paper, laid on card
Dimensions
Paper: 21 1/2 x 29 1/4 in. (54.6 x 74.3 cm)
Mat: 31 x 41 in. (78.7 x 104.1 cm)
Description
Adult male, left; immature male, upper right; female, below
Credit Line
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number
1863.17.297
Marks
Watermark: JWHATMAN / 1831
Inscriptions
Inscribed at upper left in graphite: "60 Pl 297"; birds numbered clockwise from left: "1"; "2"; "3"
Gallery Label
Two birds at right probably painted by John Woodhouse in Maine in spring 1833 and later pasted onto his father's composition
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
