Artist/Maker
John James Audubon
(1785 – 1851)
Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla), Havell plate no. 320
ca. 1825
Place madeLouisiana, United States, North America
Watercolor, graphite, and black ink with touches of gouache and glazing on paper, laid on card
Mat: 23 x 29 in. (58.4 x 73.7 cm)
Sheet (paper): 15 1/8 × 22 1/8 in. (38.4 × 56.2 cm)
Sheet (paper): 15 1/8 × 22 1/8 in. (38.4 × 56.2 cm)
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
1863.17.320
Havell completed woodland scene indicated here in faint pencil, omitted small figures at right.
DescriptionWinter plumageInscribedInscribed at upper left in graphite: "64"; below at an angle: "4th volume"; at lower left: "No 64 -- Plate 320. / Least Sand piper -- View on Bayou Sarah Louisiana --"; at lower right: "15"; above: "Bayou Sarah / 1 2. Male Female"; birds numbered right and left respectively: "1"; "2"
ClassificationsDRAWINGS
Collections
- Audubon's Watercolors for The Birds of America
John James Audubon
1831
1863.17.278
John James Audubon
1838
1863.17.405
John James Audubon
ca. 1832-1834
1863.17.263
