Artist/Maker John James Audubon (1785 – 1851)

House Finch (Haemorhous mexicanus) and Gray-crowned Rosy Finch (Leucosticte tephrocotis), Lazuli Bunting, Brown-headed Cowbird, Evening Grosbeak, and Fox Sparrow, Study for Havell pl. 424

1838

Place madeLondon, England, Europe

Watercolor and graphite with touches of gouache and black ink on paper, laid on card

Mat: 29 x 23 in. (73.7 x 58.4 cm)
Sheet (paper): 20 3/4 × 14 3/16 in. (52.7 × 36 cm)

Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon

1863.17.424

DescriptionMale House Finch, above; Gray-crowned Rosy Finch, below; unfinished outlined birds from upper to lower: female Lazuli Bunting (Passerina amoena), young male Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater), young male and female Evening Grosbeak (Coccothraustes vespertinus), female Fox Sparrow (Passerella iliaca).

InscribedInscribed at lower left in graphite: "No 85 -- / Plate...[erased]"; at lower left of center: "Young Male / Evening Grosbeak."; at middle right: "female Evening / Grosbeak"; at upper right: "Lazuli"; above: "424[crossed out]"; at upper left: "Erythra / Gorsbeaks[sic]"; below: "Cowpen / Tephrocotis"; at middle left: "1 Pyrhula front...[erased]-- / 1-- Grey-headed Linnet / 1 Young cow Bird -- / 2 Evening Grosbeaks -- / 1 Brown Long Spur. / 1 Lazuli Finch ---"; birds, including uncolored outlines, numbered clockwise from upper right in brown ink: "1"; "2"; "4"; "6"; "7"; "5"; "3"

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