Collection Highlights
Empire State Building, N.Y.C.
1940
1940.978
Oil on canvas
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Yellow-breasted Chat (Icteria virens), Study for Havell pl. no. 137
Title
Yellow-breasted Chat (Icteria virens), Study for Havell pl. no. 137
Date
1829
Medium
Watercolor, graphite, pastel, black chalk, gouache, white lead pigment, and black ink with selective glazing on paper, laid on card
Dimensions
Paper: 29 5/16 x 21 1/16 in. (74.5 x 53.5 cm)Mat: 40 x 30 in. (101.6 x 76.2 cm)
Description
Males above; female on nest
Credit Line
Purchased for New-York Historical by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon
Object Number
1863.17.137
Inscriptions
Inscribed at lower left in brown ink: "Yellow-breasted Chat males 1.2.3.4. F.e 5. / Icteria viridis.--- Plant Vulgo- Sweet Briar. / From Nature by John J. Audubon F.L.S. / June 7th Jersey"; below, in graphite[erased]: "...Rosa rubiginosa..."; to right of upper bird: "Not be / engraved"; four male birds each numbered: "1"; female on nest numbered: "2"
Gallery Label
The background flora has been identified as Rose (possibly Rosa virginiana) or Sweet briar (Rosa rubiginosa)
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.