Artist/Maker
John James Audubon
(1785 – 1851)
American Woodcock (Scolopax minor), Havell plate no. 268
ca. 1832–1834
Watercolor, graphite, collage, pastel, black ink, and black chalk with touches of gouache, scratching out, and selective glazing on paper, laid on card
Mat: 23 x 29 in. (58.4 x 73.7 cm)
Sheet (paper): 14 3/4 × 21 5/8 in. (37.5 × 54.9 cm)
Sheet (paper): 14 3/4 × 21 5/8 in. (37.5 × 54.9 cm)
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
1863.17.268
InscribedInscribed at upper left in graphite: "No 4 -- 253"; at upper center: "This wing p... / ...st--- / This Bird[with line drawn to indicate upper bird] / more in the center ---"; at lower center: "Watch the holes in the Mud"; lower birds numbered right and left respectively: "1"; "3"; erased inscriptions throughout
ClassificationsDRAWINGS
Collections
- Audubon's Watercolors for The Birds of America
John James Audubon
1831
1863.17.336
John James Audubon
1829
1863.17.96
John James Audubon
1832
1863.17.177
John James Audubon
1836-37
1863.17.371
John James Audubon
ca. 1832–1833
1863.17.286
John James Audubon
ca. 1825
1863.17.21