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Cake board
1825-1835
1937.1562
Wood
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Horned Lark (Eremophila alpestris), Havell plate no. 200
Title
Horned Lark (Eremophila alpestris), Havell plate no. 200
Date
1833
Medium
Watercolor, graphite, collage, pastel, black chalk, and gouache with touches of black ink, scratching out, and selective glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions
Paper: 13 7/16 x 20 3/4 in. (34.1 x 52.7 cm)
Mat: 23 x 29 in. (58.4 x 73.7 cm)
Description
Young, upper and lower left; male, summer plumage, upper center; female, lower center; male in winter plumage, right
Credit Line
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number
1863.17.200
Inscriptions
Birds numbered in brown ink from upper left to lower right: "6."; "5."; "4"; "1"; "2"; "3"; at upper right corner in graphite: "200"
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
