Collection Highlights
Unidentified Osage Warrior Wearing Bird Headdress
1807
1860.91
Charcoal with stumping, Cont
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Common Ground-Dove (Columbina passerina), Havell plate no. 182
Title
Common Ground-Dove (Columbina passerina), Havell plate no. 182
Date
c. 1831
Medium
Watercolor, graphite, pastel, black ink, and gouache with scratching out and selective glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions
Paper: 29 3/4 x 21 3/8 in. (75.6 x 54.3 cm)
Mat: 41 x 31 in. (104.1 x 78.7 cm)
Description
Males, upper three; female, lower left; young, lower right
Credit Line
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number
1863.17.182
Marks
Watermark: JWHATMAN / 18[?] [reversed]
Gallery Label
The background flora has been identified as Wild orange (Citrus aurantium)
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
