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Steller's Eider (Polysticta stelleri), Study for Havell pl. 429
Steller's Eider (Polysticta stelleri), Study for Havell pl. 429
Artist/Maker (1785 – 1851)
Other Artist (1812 - 1862)

Steller's Eider (Polysticta stelleri), Study for Havell pl. 429

ca. 1836-1838
Watercolor, graphite, and gouache with touches of black chalk and black ink on paper, laid on card
Sheet (paper): 14 5/8 × 21 1/16 in. (37.1 × 53.5 cm)
Mat: 23 x 29 in. (58.4 x 73.7 cm)
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
1863.17.429
Based on a mounted bird from a museum in Norwich, England.
DescriptionMale; Havell plate no. 429 includes an immature duck inserted from watercolor 1863.18.37.
InscribedInscribed at lower left in graphite: "No 86."; at lower center: "Western Duck"
ClassificationsDRAWINGS
Collections
  • Audubon's Watercolors for The Birds of America
Steller's Eider (Polysticta stelleri), Havell plate no. 429
Steller's Eider (Polysticta stelleri), Havell plate no. 429
John James Audubon
ca. 1836-1838
1863.18.37
Lazuli Bunting (Passerina amoena), Chestnut-collared Longspur (Calcarius ornatus), Lark Sparrow (Chondestes grammacus), Golden-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia atricapilla), and Spotted Towhee (Pipilo maculatus), Havell pl. nos. 390, 394, and 398
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1863.17.394
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Northern Shrike (Lanius excubitor), Study for Havell pl. 192
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1863.17.192
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Lapland Longspur (Calcarius lapponicus), Havell plate no. 365
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1863.17.365
Yellow-billed Magpie (Pica nuttalli), Steller's Jay (Cyanocitta stelleri), Western Scrub-Jay (Aphelocoma californica), Clark's Nutcracker (Nucifraga columbiana), Havell plate no. 362
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1863.17.362
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1863.17.46
Townsend's Warbler (Setophaga townsendi), Audubon's Warbler (Setophaga coronata auduboni), Mountain Bluebird (Sialia currucoides), Western Bluebird (Sialia mexicana), Black-throated Gray Warbler (Setophaga nigrescens), and Hermit Warbler (Setophaga occidentalis) , Havell plate nos. 393 and 395
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1863.17.393
Merlin (Falco columbarius), Study for Havell pl. 92
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1863.17.92
Yellow Warbler (Setophaga petechia), Study for Havell pl. 35
Yellow Warbler (Setophaga petechia), Study for Havell pl. 35
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Rusty Blackbird (Euphagus carolinus), Study for Havell pl. 157
Rusty Blackbird (Euphagus carolinus), Study for Havell pl. 157
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Blackburnian Warbler (Setophaga fusca), Study for Havell pl. 134
Blackburnian Warbler (Setophaga fusca), Study for Havell pl. 134
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1829
1863.17.134
Great Black-backed Gull (Larus marinus), Study for Havell pl. 241
Great Black-backed Gull (Larus marinus), Study for Havell pl. 241
John James Audubon
1832
1863.17.241