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Portrait of a Heroic Fireman
ca. 1857
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Polychrome painted and carved wood
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Drawings
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Dendroica coronata), Havell plate no. 153
Title
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Dendroica coronata), Havell plate no. 153
Date
1812
Medium
Pastel, watercolor, graphite, gouache, and black ink on paper, laid on card
Dimensions
Paper: 16 7/8 x 10 3/4 in. (42.9 x 27.3 cm)
Mat: 29 x 23 in. (73.7 x 58.4 cm)
Description
Immature male
Credit Line
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number
1863.17.153
Inscriptions
Inscribed at lower left in graphite: "Iris versicolor"; below in brown ink: "No 29."; below in graphite: April 22d 1812. Pensya"; below in brown ink: "April 22d 1812. Pennsa"; at lower center in brown ink: "Sylvia Coronata", over in graphite: "Yellow Rump Warbler. A.W."; below in brown ink: "Yellow rump Warbler. A. W. / Figuier Couronn
Gallery Label
The background flora has been identified as Blue flag (Iris versicolor); Male shown in original drawing is combined with young birds from two other drawings in Havell engraving
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
