Collection Highlights
The Rapalje Children
1768
1946.201
Oil on canvas
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Hooded Merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus), Havell plate no. 232
Title
Hooded Merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus), Havell plate no. 232
Date
1821
Medium
Watercolor, graphite, pastel, black chalk, and gouache with selective glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions
Paper: 19 3/4 x 29 3/8 in. (50.2 x 74.6 cm)
Mat: 30 x 40 in. (76.2 x 101.6 cm)
Description
Male, left; female, right
Credit Line
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number
1863.17.232
Inscriptions
Inscribed at lower right in brown ink[over erased graphite]: "Female. / Total Length 17 1/2. Inches / to end of claws 16 1/2. --"-- / Breadth -- 24. --"-- / Weight. -- 1lb -- / Weight of Male 1lb 7 onces"
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
