Artist/Maker
John James Audubon
(1785 – 1851)
Greater White-fronted Goose (Anser albifrons), Havell plate no. 286
ca. 1832–1833
Watercolor, graphite, pastel, black chalk, black ink, and collage with touches of gouache and scratching out on paper, laid on card
Mat: 38 × 52 in. (96.5 × 132.1 cm)
Sheet (paper): 24 3/16 × 37 5/8 in. (61.4 × 95.6 cm)
Sheet (paper): 24 3/16 × 37 5/8 in. (61.4 × 95.6 cm)
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
1863.17.286
DescriptionMale, left; female, right.InscribedInscribed at lower left of center in brown ink: "No 58"; at lower center: "White-fronted Goose, Lath. / ANSER ALBIFRONS, Bechst. / Male 1. Female 2."; at lower right of center: "Plate 286.", birds numbered in graphite lower and upper respectively: "1"; "2"; at upper right corner: "58"; erased inscriptions in lower register
ClassificationsDRAWINGS
Collections
- Audubon's Watercolors for The Birds of America
John James Audubon
1836-37
1863.17.371
John James Audubon
1831
1863.17.336
John James Audubon
1832
1863.17.177
