Collection Highlights
Negro Life at the South
1859
S-225
Oil on linen
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White-winged Scoter (Melanitta fusca), Havell plate no. 247
Title
White-winged Scoter (Melanitta fusca), Havell plate no. 247
Date
1833
Medium
Watercolor, graphite, pastel, black chalk, and black ink with touches of gouache and selective glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions
Paper: 21 9/16 x 29 9/16 in. (54.8 x 75.1 cm)
Mat: 31 x 41 in. (78.7 x 104.1 cm)
Description
Female, left; male, right
Credit Line
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number
1863.17.247
Inscriptions
Inscribed at upper left in graphite: "No 50 - 247 --"
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
