Collection Highlights
The Game of Playing Department Store
1898
2000.715
Cardboard, wood, paper
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
American Kestrel (Falco sparverius), Havell plate no. 142
Title
American Kestrel (Falco sparverius), Havell plate no. 142
Date
1829
Medium
Watercolor, graphite, pastel, black chalk, and black ink with touches of gouache and selective glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions
Paper: 29 3/8 x 21 1/8 in. (74.6 x 53.7 cm)
Mat: 40 x 30 in. (101.6 x 76.2 cm)
Description
Females, above and left; male, lower right
Credit Line
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number
1863.17.142
Inscriptions
Birds numbered in graphite lower and upper respectively: "1"; "2"
Gallery Label
The background flora has been identified as Butternut (Juglans cinerea)
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
