Artist/Maker
John James Audubon
(1785 – 1851)
Sandwich Tern (Sterna sandvicensis), Havell plate no. 279
1832
Place madeFlorida, United States, North America
Watercolor, graphite, black ink, and pastel with touches of gouache, scratching out, and selective glazing on paper, laid on card
Mat: 23 x 29 in. (58.4 x 73.7 cm)
Sheet (paper): 14 3/4 × 21 3/8 in. (37.5 × 54.3 cm)
Sheet (paper): 14 3/4 × 21 3/8 in. (37.5 × 54.3 cm)
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
1863.17.279
DescriptionSummer plumageInscribedInscribed at lower left in graphite[erased]: "54[?] 270[? crossed out] / 56"; at lower left of center: "No. 56. 279"
ClassificationsDRAWINGS
Collections
- Audubon's Watercolors for The Birds of America
John James Audubon
ca. 1832
1863.17.307
John James Audubon
1821; 1838
1863.17.409
