Collection Highlights
Balustrade from Federal Hall, New York
1788-1789
1884.3
Painted wrought iron
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Museum Collections
Drawings
Blue Grouse (Dendragapus obscurus), Havell plate no. 361
Title
Blue Grouse (Dendragapus obscurus), Havell plate no. 361
Date
1836-37
Medium
Watercolor, graphite, oil, pastel, and black ink with touches of gouache, scratching out, scraping, and selective glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions
Paper: 23 3/4 x 35 7/8 in. (60.3 x 91.1 cm)
Mat: 39 x 53 in. (99.1 x 134.6 cm)
Description
Male, left; female, right
Credit Line
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number
1863.17.361
Marks
Watermark: JWHATMAN / 1831
Inscriptions
Inscribed at upper right in graphite: "20 feathers to the Tail --"; birds numbered in brown ink left and right respectively: "1"; "2"
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
