Collection Highlights
Donner Lake From the Summit
1873
1909.16
Oil on canvas
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Bonaparte's Gull (Larus philadelphia), Havell plate no. 324
Title
Bonaparte's Gull (Larus philadelphia), Havell plate no. 324
Date
c. 1821; 1830
Medium
Watercolor, collage, graphite, pastel, black chalk, gouache, and black ink on paper, laid on card
Dimensions
Paper: 21 1/4 x 15 3/16 in. (54 x 38.6 cm)
Mat: 29 x 23 in. (73.7 x 58.4 cm)
Description
Adults, center; immature, in autumn, lower right. Female Bonaparte's Gulls usually have black heads, like the males.
Credit Line
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number
1863.17.324
Marks
Watermark: JWHATMAN / 1820
Inscriptions
Inscribed at lower left in graphite: "No 65. Plate 324 -"; birds numbered clockwise from lower center: "1"; "2"; "3"
Gallery Label
All three birds drawn separately and pasted on background; Specimens obtained in Ohio in 1819, while on an outing with Robert Best (Curator of the Cincinnati Museum at that time);
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
