Collection Highlights
The Great Fire of 1835: View of New York City Taken from Brooklyn Heights on the Same Evening of the Fire
c. 1835
1935.167
Gouache on heavy paper, laid on Japanese paper, wrapped over board
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Blackburnian Warbler (Dendroica fusca), Havell plate no. 135
Title
Blackburnian Warbler (Dendroica fusca), Havell plate no. 135
Date
1812
Medium
Watercolor, graphite, pastel, gouache, and black chalk with touches of black ink on paper, laid on card
Dimensions
Paper: 15 15/16 x 10 1/2 in. (40.5 x 26.7 cm)
Mat: 29 x 23 in. (73.7 x 58.4 cm)
Description
Male
Credit Line
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number
1863.17.135
Inscriptions
Inscribed at at lower left in graphite[erased]: "phlox maculata"; below in brown ink[over erased graphite inscriptions]: "No 38. / May 12th 1812. Pennsa"; at lower center: "Black burnian Warbler A. W. / Sylvia Blackburnia"; at upper right corner: "35"
Gallery Label
The background flora has been identified as Wild sweet william (Phlox maculata)
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
