Collection Highlights
The Puritan
1899
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Dark brown/ black patinated bronze
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American Avocet (Recurvirostra americana), Havell plate no. 318
Title
American Avocet (Recurvirostra americana), Havell plate no. 318
Date
1821
Medium
Watercolor, graphite, pastel, black chalk, and black ink with selective glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions
Paper: 13 13/16 x 21 5/16 in. (35.1 x 54.1 cm)
Mat: 23 x 29 in. (58.4 x 73.7 cm)
Description
Foreground, male, winter plumage; left background, diminutive figures of four adults, three in summer plumage
Credit Line
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number
1863.17.318
Marks
Watermark: TURKEY MILLS / JWHATMAN [reversed]
Inscriptions
Inscribed at upper left in graphite: "64"; below diagonally: "4th Volume --"; verso inscriptions in brown ink illegible
Gallery Label
Havell placed a young avocet in its winter plumage halfway between the birds in the distance and the adult in the foreground; slug replaced by insect
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.