Collection Highlights
WILD STYLE: TRACY 168
1992
2003.38.6
Black marker and felt tip pen on heavy paper with glue residue from a bound border at left
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens), Havell plate no. 112
Title
Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens), Havell plate no. 112
Date
1822
Medium
Watercolor, graphite, gouache, pastel, black chalk, and black ink with selective glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions
Paper: 23 5/8 x 18 5/16 in. (60 x 46.5 cm)
Mat: 41 x 31 in. (104.1 x 78.7 cm)
Description
Male, above; female, below
Credit Line
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number
1863.17.112
Marks
Watermark: TURKEY MILLS / JWHATMAN / 1817
Inscriptions
Inscribed at lower left in graphite: "put in more flowers / according to your fancy / to fill the Plate better"; at lower right of center: "Bignonia Capreolata"; at lower right: "No 39"; at upper left corner: "23"; at upper right corner: "12"
Gallery Label
The background flora has been identified as Crossvine or Trumpet-flower (Anisostichus capreolata)
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
