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Black-backed Woodpecker (Picoides arcticus), Study for Havell pl. 132
Black-backed Woodpecker (Picoides arcticus), Study for Havell pl. 132
Artist/Maker (1785 – 1851)
Possible attribution (ca. 1800 - 1870)

Black-backed Woodpecker (Picoides arcticus), Study for Havell pl. 132

1829
Place madePennsylvania, United States, North America
Watercolor, graphite, pastel, black chalk, black ink, and gouache with touches of scratching out and selective glazing on paper, laid on card
Mat: 40 x 30 in. (101.6 x 76.2 cm)
Sheet (paper): 29 3/16 in. × 21 in. (74.1 × 53.3 cm)
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
1863.17.132
The background flora has been identified as Poison ivy (Rhus radicans).
DescriptionFemale, left; males, right.
MarkingsWatermark: JWHATMAN / 182[?]
InscribedInscribed at upper right corner: "32"; upper two birds numbered in graphite upper and lower respectively: "1"; "2"
ClassificationsDRAWINGS
Collections
  • Audubon's Watercolors for The Birds of America
Hairy Woodpecker (Picoides villosus; subspecies audubonii and harrisi) and Three-toed Woodpecker (Picoides dorsalis), Study for Havell pl. 417
Hairy Woodpecker (Picoides villosus; subspecies audubonii and harrisi) and Three-toed Woodpecker (Picoides dorsalis), Study for Havell pl. 417
John James Audubon
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1863.17.417
Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus), Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus) Red-shafted, Red-breasted Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus ruber), Lewis's Woodpecker (Melanerpes lewis), and Hairy Woodpecker (Picoides villosus), Study for Havell pl. 416
Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus), Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus) Red-shafted, Red-breasted Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus ruber), Lewis's Woodpecker (Melanerpes lewis), and Hairy Woodpecker (Picoides villosus), Study for Havell pl. 416
John James Audubon
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1863.17.416
Red-cockaded Woodpecker (Picoides borealis), Havell plate no. 389
Red-cockaded Woodpecker (Picoides borealis), Havell plate no. 389
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1863.17.389
Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens), Study for Havell pl. 112
Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens), Study for Havell pl. 112
John James Audubon
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1863.17.112
Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura), Study for Havell pl. 17
Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura), Study for Havell pl. 17
John James Audubon
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1863.17.17
Red-headed Woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus), Study for Havell pl. 27
Red-headed Woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus), Study for Havell pl. 27
John James Audubon
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1863.17.27
Chestnut-backed Chickadee (Poecile rufescens), Common Bushtit (Psaltriparus minimus), Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus), Havell plate no. 353
Chestnut-backed Chickadee (Poecile rufescens), Common Bushtit (Psaltriparus minimus), Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus), Havell plate no. 353
John James Audubon
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1863.17.353
Horned Lark (Eremophila alpestris), Study for Havell pl. 200
Horned Lark (Eremophila alpestris), Study for Havell pl. 200
John James Audubon
1833
1863.17.200
Pileated Woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus), Study for Havell pl. 111
Pileated Woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus), Study for Havell pl. 111
John James Audubon
ca. 1824-1829
1863.17.111
Mississippi Kite (Ictinia mississippiensis), Study for Havell pl. 117
Mississippi Kite (Ictinia mississippiensis), Study for Havell pl. 117
John James Audubon
1821
1863.17.117
Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos), Study for Havell pl. 21
Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos), Study for Havell pl. 21
John James Audubon
ca. 1825
1863.17.21
White Ibis (Eudocimus albus), Study for Havell pl. 222
White Ibis (Eudocimus albus), Study for Havell pl. 222
John James Audubon
1821
1863.17.222