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Red-necked Grebe (Podiceps grisegena), Havell plate no. 298
Red-necked Grebe (Podiceps grisegena), Havell plate no. 298
Artist/Maker (1785 – 1851)
Other Artist (1809 - 1860)

Red-necked Grebe (Podiceps grisegena), Havell plate no. 298

ca. 1832–1833
Place madeBoston, Massachusetts, United States, North America
Watercolor, graphite, oil, pastel, and collage with touches of black ink on paper, laid on card
Mat: 23 x 29 in. (58.4 x 73.7 cm)
Sheet (paper): 14 13/16 × 21 7/16 in. (37.6 × 54.5 cm)
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
1863.17.298
DescriptionSummer plumage, left; winter plumage, right.
InscribedInscribed at upper center diagonally in graphite: "The Yellow on this / bill must be light / and pure as is that / colour in the / other bird's bill / at the base --"; birds numbered in brown ink left and right respectively: "1"; "2"
ClassificationsDRAWINGS
Collections
  • Audubon's Watercolors for The Birds of America