Collection Highlights
Physician's saddlebags w/bottles & bundles
1800-1850
1954.11
Leather, metal, glass, paper
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Common Redpoll (Carduelis flammea), Havell plate no. 375
Title
Common Redpoll (Carduelis flammea), Havell plate no. 375
Date
1833
Medium
Watercolor, graphite, and pastel with touches of gouache and black ink on paper, laid on card
Dimensions
Paper: 19 5/8 x 14 13/16 in. (49.8 x 37.6 cm)
Mat: 29 x 23 in. (73.7 x 58.4 cm)
Description
Male, above; female, below
Credit Line
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number
1863.17.375
Inscriptions
Inscribed at lower left in graphite, heavily rubbed: "With Mr. Audubon's compliments / to the [?] Linnaean Socy, /
Gallery Label
The background flora has been identified as Snowberry (Symphoricarpos albus)
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
