Artist/Maker
John James Audubon
(1785 – 1851)
Other Artist
Victor Gifford Audubon
(1809 - 1860)
Greater Sage-Grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus), Havell plate no. 371
1836-37
Watercolor, graphite, oil, pastel, black chalk, and black ink with touches of gouache, scratching out, and selective glazing on paper, laid on card
Mat: 39 x 53 in. (99.1 x 134.6 cm)
Sheet (paper): 25 in. × 37 3/16 in. (63.5 × 94.5 cm)
Sheet (paper): 25 in. × 37 3/16 in. (63.5 × 94.5 cm)
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
1863.17.371
DescriptionFemale, left; male, right.MarkingsWatermark: JWHATMAN / 18[?]
InscribedInscribed at lower center in graphite[cut]: "No 76 Plate 366 Male 1 Female 2 --"; at middle right vertically: "In the Young Males of the first Autumn / the Tips of each Tail feather are white for / More than 1/4 of an Inch -- and this colour extends / [cut]...more --"; birds numbered right and left respectively: "1"; "2"
ClassificationsDRAWINGS
Collections
- Audubon's Watercolors for The Birds of America
John James Audubon
ca. 1832–1833
1863.17.286
John James Audubon
1829
1863.17.132
John James Audubon
1831
1863.17.336
John James Audubon
1836-37
1863.17.382
John James Audubon
1821
1863.17.117
John James Audubon
Winter 1836
1863.17.353
