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Black-throated Green Warbler (Setophaga virens); sketch of a tail
Black-throated Green Warbler (Setophaga virens); sketch of a tail
Artist/Maker (1785 – 1851)

Black-throated Green Warbler (Setophaga virens); sketch of a tail

1812
Pastel, watercolor, and graphite with selective glazing and touches of gouache and black ink on paper, laid on card with 1863.18.3
Mat: 29 x 35 in. (73.7 x 88.9 cm)
Sheet (paper): 16 5/8 × 10 7/16 in. (42.2 × 26.5 cm)
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon; Adopt-an-Audubon Bird sponsor: Frances Ann Schulman
1863.18.4
InscribedInscribed at lower left in graphite: "Araba nudiflora"; below in brown ink[crossed out in graphite]: "No. 37"; below in graphite: "May 7th 1812 Pensa"; at lower center in brown ink: "Black Throated Green Warbler / Sylvia Virens / Figuier a Cravate Noir / Drawn by J.J.Audubon"; at left below tail feathers in graphite: "12"; at lower right below sketch: "1/2 Tail"
ClassificationsDRAWINGS
Black-throated Green Warbler (Setophaga virens), Blackburnian Warbler (Setophaga fusca), MacGillivray's Warbler (Geothlypis tolmiei), Cape May Warbler (Setophaga tigrina), Golden-winged Warbler (Vermivora chrysoptera), Study for Havell pls. 399 and 414
Black-throated Green Warbler (Setophaga virens), Blackburnian Warbler (Setophaga fusca), MacGillivray's Warbler (Geothlypis tolmiei), Cape May Warbler (Setophaga tigrina), Golden-winged Warbler (Vermivora chrysoptera), Study for Havell pls. 399 and 414
John James Audubon
ca. 1836-1837
1863.17.399
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
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
John James Audubon
1836-1837
1863.17.393
Eastern Wood-Pewee (Contopus virens), Study for Havell pl. 115; very faint sketch of bill
Eastern Wood-Pewee (Contopus virens), Study for Havell pl. 115; very faint sketch of bill
John James Audubon
1829
1863.17.115
Black-throated Green Warbler (Setophaga virens)
Black-throated Green Warbler (Setophaga virens)
John James Audubon
1827
1962.42
Black-throated Blue Warbler (Setophaga caerulescens), Study for Havell pl. 148
Black-throated Blue Warbler (Setophaga caerulescens), Study for Havell pl. 148
John James Audubon
1829
1863.17.148
Black-throated Magpie-Jay (Calocitta colliei), Study for Havell pl. 96, with a sketch of a bill
Black-throated Magpie-Jay (Calocitta colliei), Study for Havell pl. 96, with a sketch of a bill
John James Audubon
1829
1863.17.96
Yellow Warbler (Setophaga petechia), Study for Havell pl. 35
Yellow Warbler (Setophaga petechia), Study for Havell pl. 35
John James Audubon
1821
1863.17.35
Bay-breasted Warbler (Setophaga castanea), Study for Havell pl. 88
Bay-breasted Warbler (Setophaga castanea), Study for Havell pl. 88
John James Audubon
1829
1863.17.88
Blackburnian Warbler (Setophaga fusca), Study for Havell pl. 134
Blackburnian Warbler (Setophaga fusca), Study for Havell pl. 134
John James Audubon
1829
1863.17.134
Magnolia Warbler (Setophaga magnolia), Study for Havell pl. 50
Magnolia Warbler (Setophaga magnolia), Study for Havell pl. 50
John James Audubon
1821
1863.17.50
Palm Warbler (Setophaga palmarum), Study for Havell pl. 163
Palm Warbler (Setophaga palmarum), Study for Havell pl. 163
John James Audubon
1831-32
1863.17.163
Magnolia Warbler (Setophaga magnolia), Study for Havell pl. 123
Magnolia Warbler (Setophaga magnolia), Study for Havell pl. 123
John James Audubon
1829
1863.17.123