Artist/Maker
John James Audubon
(1785 – 1851)
Other Artist
Joseph R. Mason
(1802 - 1842)
Related person
James Pirrie, Oakley Plantation
Related person
John George Children
(British, 1777 – 1852)
Yellow Warbler (Setophaga petechia), Study for Havell pl. 35
1821
Place madeLouisiana, United States, North America
Watercolor, graphite, pastel, black chalk, and black ink with touches of gouache and selective glazing on paper, laid on card
Mat: 29 x 23 in. (73.7 x 58.4 cm)
Sheet: 18 7/8 × 11 3/4 in. (47.9 × 29.8 cm)
Sheet: 18 7/8 × 11 3/4 in. (47.9 × 29.8 cm)
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
1863.17.35
The background flora has been identified as Coffee senna (cassia occidentalis). The female bird was painted on August 4 and the young bird was added on August 29.
DescriptionImmature above; male below. Audubon originally called this bird Children's Warbler after John George Children (1777-1852), a fellow and secretary of the Royal Society of London for the Improvement of Natural Knowledge.MarkingsWatermark: TURKEY MILLS / JWHATMAN / 1817 [reversed]
InscribedInscribed at lower left in brown ink: "Drawn from Nature by John J. Audubon / James Pirrie's Esqr. Plantation August 4th 1821"; at lower right: "Louisiana Warbler Male"; in graphite: "& female."; below in brown ink: "[crossed out]Sylvia Ludovicianna / Sylvia Childreni --"; below: "Plant"; in graphite: "…[illegilble] / Spanish…"; lower and upper birds numbered respectively in graphite: "1"; "2"; at upper right corner: "35"
ClassificationsDRAWINGS
Collections
- Audubon's Watercolors for The Birds of America
John James Audubon
1808; ca. 1825
1863.17.65
John James Audubon
1836-1837
1863.17.393
John James Audubon
1812
1863.17.153
