Artist/Maker
John James Audubon
(1785 – 1851)
Possible attribution
John Woodhouse Audubon
(1812 - 1862)
Bullock’s Oriole (Icterus bullockii), Baltimore Oriole (Icterus galbula), Northern Waterthrush (Parkesia noveboracensis), Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria), and Varied Thrush (Ixoreus naevius), Study for Havell pl. 433,
ca. 1836
Watercolor, graphite, pastel, black ink, and gouache on paper, laid on card
Mat: 29 x 23 in. (73.7 x 58.4 cm)
Sheet (paper): 20 15/16 × 14 1/4 in. (53.2 × 36.2 cm)
Sheet (paper): 20 15/16 × 14 1/4 in. (53.2 × 36.2 cm)
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
1863.17.433
DescriptionAt upper center, Bullock's Oriole, male, left, females, right; at center: Northern Waterthrush; at lower center: Varied Thrush, female; at lower right: Lesser Goldfinches, female and male. Havell reoriented the birds on this watercolor to produce Plate no. 433.InscribedInscribed at upper center in graphite: "Icterus Bullocki -- / old Female"; at upper left: "Icterus Bull[ocki] / Young Male"; at lower left of center in brown ink: "1. Female Varried Robbin / !Introduce it in small plate."; at lower right[two lines erased]: "Mexican... / ..."; at middle right in graphite: "Female Jany. 23rd -- 1836 -- / [erased]"; above: "Turdus aq… Wilson.--"; at upper right: "Baltimore Oriole / female"; birds numbered counterclockwise in brown ink and graphite from upper left: "1"; "7"; "6"; "5"; "4"; "1"; "8"; "4"
ClassificationsDRAWINGS
Collections
- Audubon's Watercolors for The Birds of America
John James Audubon
ca. 1822-1825
1863.17.12
John James Audubon
1836-37
1863.17.369
John James Audubon
1821-1837
1863.17.400
John James Audubon
1821
1863.17.329
