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Brandywine bowl (brandewijnkom)
ca. 1700
1911.38
Silver
Artist/Maker: Benjamin Wynkoop

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Atlantic Puffin (Fratercula arctica), Havell plate no. 213

Atlantic Puffin (Fratercula arctica), Havell plate no. 213
Title
Atlantic Puffin (Fratercula arctica), Havell plate no. 213
Date 
1833
Related People 
Artist/Maker: John James Audubon
Medium 
Watercolor, graphite, gouache, black ink, and black pastel with touches of glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions 
Paper: 14 1/2 x 21 7/16 in. (36.8 x 54.5 cm) Mat: 23 x 29 in. (58.4 x 73.7 cm)
Description 
Summer plumage
Credit Line 
Purchased for the Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number 
1863.17.213
Marks 
Watermark: JWHATMAN / TURKEY MILL
Inscriptions 
Birds numbered in graphite right and left respectively: "1"; "2"