Artist/Maker
John James Audubon
(1785 – 1851)
Other Artist
Victor Gifford Audubon
(1809 - 1860)
Blue Grouse (Dendragapus obscurus), Havell plate no. 361
1836-37
Watercolor, graphite, oil, pastel, and black ink with touches of gouache, scratching out, scraping, and selective glazing on paper, laid on card
Mat: 39 x 53 in. (99.1 x 134.6 cm)
Sheet (paper): 23 3/4 × 35 7/8 in. (60.3 × 91.1 cm)
Sheet (paper): 23 3/4 × 35 7/8 in. (60.3 × 91.1 cm)
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
1863.17.361
DescriptionMale, left; female, right.MarkingsWatermark: JWHATMAN / 1831
InscribedInscribed at upper right in graphite: "20 feathers to the Tail --"; birds numbered in brown ink left and right respectively: "1"; "2"
ClassificationsDRAWINGS
Collections
- Audubon's Watercolors for The Birds of America
John James Audubon
1836-37
1863.17.371
John James Audubon
1836-37
1863.17.382
John James Audubon
1832-35
1863.17.262
John James Audubon
Winter 1836
1863.17.353
John James Audubon
ca. 1836–1837
1863.17.406
