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The Game of Playing Department Store
1898
2000.715
Cardboard, wood, paper
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Blackburnian Warbler (Dendroica fusca), Havell plate no. 134
Title
Blackburnian Warbler (Dendroica fusca), Havell plate no. 134
Date
1829
Medium
Watercolor, graphite, black chalk, and black ink with touches of pastel and gouache and selective glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions
Paper: 18 7/16 x 26 3/16 in. (46.8 x 66.5 cm)
Mat: 29 x 23 in. (73.7 x 58.4 cm)
Description
Female, left; immature male, right
Credit Line
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number
1863.17.134
Inscriptions
Inscribed at lower left in graphite[erased]: "Great Pine Swamp / Aug 12th -- / J.J.A"; at lower center in brown ink: "Hemlock Warbler. Male 1. F. 2 / Sylvia parus. -- / Great Pine Swamp Augt 12th / J.J.A"; birds numbered lower and upper respectively: "1"; "2"; three lines erased at lower right: "...Warbler"; at upper right corner: "34"
Gallery Label
The background flora has been identified as Mountain maple (Acer spicatum)
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
