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Portrait of a Heroic Fireman
ca. 1857
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Polychrome painted and carved wood
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Black-backed Woodpecker (Picoides arcticus), Havell plate no. 132
Title
Black-backed Woodpecker (Picoides arcticus), Havell plate no. 132
Date
1829
Medium
Watercolor, graphite, pastel, black chalk, black ink, and gouache with touches of scratching out and selective glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions
Paper: 29 3/16 x 21 in. (74.1 x 53.3 cm)
Mat: 40 x 30 in. (101.6 x 76.2 cm)
Description
Female, left; males, right
Credit Line
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number
1863.17.132
Marks
Watermark: JWHATMAN / 182[?]
Inscriptions
Inscribed at upper right corner: "32"; upper two birds numbered in graphite upper and lower respectively: "1"; "2"
Gallery Label
The background flora has been identified as Poison ivy (Rhus radicans)
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.