Collection Highlights
Parure
ca. 1820
1920.11-17
Cut steel
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Museum Collections
Drawings
Golden-crowned Kinglet (Regulus satrapa), Havell plate no. 183
Title
Golden-crowned Kinglet (Regulus satrapa), Havell plate no. 183
Date
1831
Medium
Watercolor, graphite, gouache, and black chalk with touches of black ink and selective glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions
Paper: 21 3/16 x 13 3/16 in. (53.8 x 33.5 cm)
Mat: 29 x 23 in. (73.7 x 58.4 cm)
Description
Female, above; male, below
Credit Line
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number
1863.17.183
Inscriptions
Inscribed at upper right corner in graphite: "83"
Gallery Label
The background flora has been identified as Powdery thalia (Thalia dealbata)
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
