Skip to main content
Advanced Search
Rock Ptarmigan (Lagopus muta) and White-tailed Ptarmigan (Lagopus leucura), Study for Havell pl. 418
Rock Ptarmigan (Lagopus muta) and White-tailed Ptarmigan (Lagopus leucura), Study for Havell pl. 418
Artist/Maker (1785 – 1851)

Rock Ptarmigan (Lagopus muta) and White-tailed Ptarmigan (Lagopus leucura), Study for Havell pl. 418

1838
Place madeLondon, England, Europe
Watercolor and graphite with touches of black chalk and gouache, and scraping on two sheets of paper, laid on card
Mat: 23 x 29 in. (58.4 x 73.7 cm)
Sheet: 10 7/16 × 23 3/16 in. (26.5 × 58.9 cm)
Part (left sheet): 10 7/16 × 14 3/8 in. (26.5 × 36.5 cm)
Part (right sheet): 10 7/16 × 8 7/8 in. (26.5 × 22.5 cm)
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
1863.17.418
DescriptionMale Rock Ptarmigan in transitional plumage, left; adult White-tailed Ptarmigan, winter plumage, right.
InscribedInscribed on left sheet, at lower left in graphite: "Male / Killed at N. Winter Island / 30th May 1822."; at lower right: "American Ptarmigan / Male -- / [cut]"
ClassificationsDRAWINGS
Collections
  • Audubon's Watercolors for The Birds of America