Collection Highlights
Dish: footed compote with cover
1825-1845
1936.693ab
Glass
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Black Scoter (Melanitta nigra), Havell plate no. 408
Title
Black Scoter (Melanitta nigra), Havell plate no. 408
Date
1838
Medium
Watercolor, graphite, pastel, collage, and black ink with touches of glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions
Paper: 16 1/16 x 22 1/16 in. (40.8 x 56 cm)
Mat: 23 x 29 in. (58.4 x 73.7 cm)
Description
Female, upper left; male, lower right
Credit Line
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number
1863.17.408
Inscriptions
Inscribed at lower left in graphite: "[cut]No 82. Plate 408. American Scoter Duck. --"; at upper right, inverted: "[5 lines erased]...Plate 408. / No. 82"; birds numbered front and rear respectively: "1"; "2"
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
