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The Peale Family
1773-1809
1867.298
Oil on canvas
Artist/Maker: Charles Willson Peale

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Greater Scaup (Aythya marila), Havell plate no. 229

Greater Scaup (Aythya marila), Havell plate no. 229
Title
Greater Scaup (Aythya marila), Havell plate no. 229
Date 
1822
Related People 
Artist/Maker: John James Audubon
Medium 
Watercolor, oil, black ink, pastel, graphite, and gouache with scratching out on paper, laid on card
Dimensions 
Paper: 14 1/8 x 21 7/8 in. (35.9 x 55.6 cm) Mat: 23 x 29 in. (58.4 x 73.7 cm)
Description 
Male, left; female, right
Credit Line 
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number 
1863.17.229
Inscriptions 
Inscribed at lower left in brown ink[over graphite]: "John J. Audubon from Nature / New Orleans Feby 1822"; at lower left of center: "Weight of ma