Collection Highlights
Ice cream dish
1877-1878
1980.14
Silver
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Unidentified Sparrows
Title
Unidentified Sparrows
Medium
Watercolor, graphite, gouache, black ink, and black chalk with selective glazing and scratching out on paper, laid on card
Dimensions
Paper: 20 5/8 x 13 13/16 in. (52.4 x 35.1 cm)
Mat: 29 x 23 in. (73.7 x 58.4 cm)
Credit Line
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number
1863.18.10
Inscriptions
Inscribed lower right in graphite[erased]: "Drawn from Nature"; vertically at upper center: "Plant for / Plate 379", with a graphite "X" drawn over the upper bird; at middle right in brown ink: "Asclepias tuberosa" [in Maria Martin's hand?] [flower not used for any elephant folio plate]
Gallery Label
The background flora has been identified as
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
