Collection Highlights
Mount Rushmore National Memorial
ca. 1941
1987.16
Plaster with purplish red-brown stipple finish
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Museum Collections
Audubon's Watercolors for The Birds of America
Gyrfalcon (Falco rusticolus), Havell plate no. 366
Title
Gyrfalcon (Falco rusticolus), Havell plate no. 366
Date
c. 1835-36
Medium
Watercolor, graphite, pastel, black chalk, gouache, and black ink with scratching out and touches of glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions
Paper: 38 1/2 x 25 11/16 in. (97.8 x 65.2 cm)
Mat: 53 x 39 in. (134.6 x 99.1 cm)
Description
Adults
Credit Line
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number
1863.17.366
Inscriptions
Inscribed at lower left in graphite: "No 75. / Plate 371."
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
