Collection Highlights
Proposed Coat of Arms for New Amsterdam, New Netherland: Preparatory Drawing for a Presentation to the Dutch West India Company
ca. 1630
1885.5
Black ink and wash, watercolor, red and black chalk, and red gouache, with contours incised by a stylus on laid on paper, mounted on card
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Museum Collections
Audubon's Watercolors for The Birds of America
White-winged Crossbill (Loxia leucoptera), Havell plate no. 364
Title
White-winged Crossbill (Loxia leucoptera), Havell plate no. 364
Date
1833
Medium
Watercolor, graphite, pastel, black chalk, gouache, and black ink with touches of glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions
Paper: 19 1/2 x 14 1/2 in. (49.5 x 36.8 cm)
Mat: 29 x 23 in. (73.7 x 58.4 cm)
Description
Female, above; males, upper right and lower left; immature, lower center
Credit Line
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number
1863.17.364
Inscriptions
Inscribed at lower left in graphite: "No 74[crossed out] 73 - pl 364"; at lower right[crossed out]: "Plate 368."; birds numbered in brown ink clockwise from lower left: "1"; "3"; "2."; "4"
Gallery Label
The background flora has been identified as probably Mountain alder (Alnus crispa)
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
