Collection Highlights
Negro Life at the South
1859
S-225
Oil on linen
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House Wren (Troglodytes aedon), Study for Havell pl. no. 83
Title
House Wren (Troglodytes aedon), Study for Havell pl. no. 83
Date
before 1829
Medium
Watercolor, graphite, pastel, gouache, black chalk, and touches of black ink on paper, laid on card
Dimensions
Paper: 19 3/16 x 11 5/8 in. (48.7 x 29.5 cm)Mat: 29 x 23 in. (73.7 x 58.4 cm)
Description
Female feeding young, left; adult male, right
Credit Line
Purchased for New-York Historical by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number
1863.17.83
Inscriptions
Inscribed at lower left in brown ink: "No 17. Plate 83."; at lower center: "House Wren. Male 1. F. 2. Young 3.4.5"; below in graphite[erased]: "Troglodytes Aedon[crossed out] aedon / ad / aedon[crossed out] / ...[illegible]"; birds numbered in brown ink counterclockwise from upper center: "1"; "2"; "3"; "4"; "5"
Gallery Label
House wren perched on hat made in PA in 1812; painting completed ca. 1824; 2 colored engravings and copper plate (1946.167) in N-YHS collections; 1812 picture in the collection of the Houghton Library, Harvard University; there is also an oil copy made by Kidd in the PA Academy of Fine Arts
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
