Collection Highlights
Study for "Departure of the Seventh Regiment for the War, April 19, 1861"
c. 1865-69
1946.174
Oil over graphite on brown paper, varnished, laid on heavy board, nailed and mounted on a wood panel
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Common Tern (Sterna hirundo), Havell plate no. 309
Title
Common Tern (Sterna hirundo), Havell plate no. 309
Date
c. 1834
Medium
Watercolor, graphite, and black ink with touches of gouache on paper, laid on card
Dimensions
Paper: 21 5/8 x 14 11/16 in. (54.9 x 37.3 cm)
Mat: 29 x 23 in. (73.7 x 58.4 cm)
Description
Summer plumage
Credit Line
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number
1863.17.309
Marks
Watermark: JWHATMAN / 18[?]
Inscriptions
Inscribed at lower left in graphite: "Common Tern - / Sterna Hyrundo."
Gallery Label
Another version in N-YHS collections is a preliminary sketch (1821) with less detail in plumage and slightly more vertical plunge of tern (1863.18.33)
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
