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Audubon’s Aviary: Part I of the Complete Flock

March 08, 2013 - May 19, 2013

Ivory-billed Woodpecker (Campephilus principalis), Study for Havell pl. no. 66

Ivory-billed Woodpecker (Campephilus principalis), Study for Havell pl. no. 66
Ivory-billed Woodpecker (Campephilus principalis), Study for Havell pl. no. 66
Ivory-billed Woodpecker (Campephilus principalis), Study for Havell pl. no. 66
Ivory-billed Woodpecker (Campephilus principalis), Study for Havell pl. no. 66
Title
Ivory-billed Woodpecker (Campephilus principalis), Study for Havell pl. no. 66
Date 
c. 1825-1826
Related People 
Artist/Maker: John James Audubon
Medium 
Watercolor, pastel, black ink, graphite, gouache, and white lead pigment with selective glazing and outlining with a stylus on paper, laid on card
Dimensions 
Paper: 38 1/4 x 25 1/16 in. (97.2 x 63.7 cm) **Before ConservationMat: 53 x 39 in. (134.6 x 99.1 cm)
Description 
Male, left; female, right
Credit Line 
Purchased for New-York Historical by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number 
1863.17.66
Inscriptions 
Inscribed at lower left in brown ink: "No 14. Plate 66. / Published / 1829."; to right: "Ivory-billed Woodpecker. Male 1. F.2 & 3. -- / Picus principalis --"; signed below: "Drawn from Nature by John. J. Audubon -- / Louisianna. --"
Gallery Label 
MMA has an oil painting of this watercolor
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.