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Eastern Wood-Pewee (Contopus virens)
Artist/Maker (1785 – 1851)

Eastern Wood-Pewee (Contopus virens)

1812
Pastel, watercolor, graphite, black chalk, and gouache on paper, laid on card with 1863.18.7
Mat: 29 x 35 in. (73.7 x 88.9 cm)
Sheet (paper): 16 5/8 × 10 1/2 in. (42.2 × 26.7 cm)
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon; Adopt-an-Audubon Bird sponsor: Roberta J.M. Olson in memory of Emma P. Hoops
1863.18.8
InscribedInscribed at lower left in graphite: "April 28th 1812 Pensa"; below in brown ink: "No 21. April 28. 1812. Pensa"; at lower center: "Wood Pewee Flycatcher A.W. / Muscicapa Tristis / Gobe Mouche Brun de la Caroline Buffon --- / drawn by J.J.Audubon"; at right below tail feathers in graphite: "12"
ClassificationsDRAWINGS
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
Red-eyed Vireo (Vireo olivaceus), Least Flycatcher (Empidonax minimus), Small-headed Flycatcher (Sylvania microcephala)?, Black Phoebe (Sayornis nigricans), Blue Mountain Warbler (Syl. mont)?, Western Wood-Pewee (Contopus sordidulus), Study for Havell pl. 434
Red-eyed Vireo (Vireo olivaceus), Least Flycatcher (Empidonax minimus), Small-headed Flycatcher (Sylvania microcephala)?, Black Phoebe (Sayornis nigricans), Blue Mountain Warbler (Syl. mont)?, Western Wood-Pewee (Contopus sordidulus), Study for Havell pl. 434
John James Audubon
1836
1863.17.434
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
Yellow-breasted Chat (Icteria virens), Study for Havell pl. 137
Yellow-breasted Chat (Icteria virens), Study for Havell pl. 137
John James Audubon
1829
1863.17.137
Black-throated Green Warbler (Setophaga virens); sketch of a tail
Black-throated Green Warbler (Setophaga virens); sketch of a tail
John James Audubon
1812
1863.18.4
Eastern Screech-Owl (Otus asio), Study for Havell pl. 97
Eastern Screech-Owl (Otus asio), Study for Havell pl. 97
John James Audubon
ca. 1812; 1829
1863.17.97
Olive-sided Flycatcher (Contopus borealis), Study for Havell pl. 174
Olive-sided Flycatcher (Contopus borealis), Study for Havell pl. 174
John James Audubon
1832
1863.17.174
Black-throated Green Warbler (Setophaga virens)
Black-throated Green Warbler (Setophaga virens)
John James Audubon
1827
1962.42
Eastern Kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus), Study for Havell pl. 79
Eastern Kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus), Study for Havell pl. 79
John James Audubon
1822
1863.17.79
Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe), Study for Havell pl. 120
Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe), Study for Havell pl. 120
John James Audubon
ca. 1825
1863.17.120
Eastern Towhee (Pipilo erythrophthalmus), Study for Havell pl. 29
Eastern Towhee (Pipilo erythrophthalmus), Study for Havell pl. 29
John James Audubon
1822
1863.17.29
Eastern Meadowlark (Sturnella magna), Study for Havell pl. 136
Eastern Meadowlark (Sturnella magna), Study for Havell pl. 136
John James Audubon
1829
1863.17.136