1964.146: Wild Turkey Cock, Hen, and Chicks

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1964.146

People

John James Audubon, American (Les Cayes, Haiti 1785 - 1851 New York, NY)

Title

Wild Turkey Cock, Hen, and Chicks

Other Titles

Former Title: Wild Turkey (female and young)
Former Title: Wild Turkey Cock and Hen and Nine Chicks (Meleagris gallapavo)

Classification

Paintings

Work Type

painting

Date

c. 1828 -1829

Culture

American

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/311342

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

122.7 x 183.2 cm (48 5/16 x 72 1/8 in.)
framed: 141 x 196.9 x 7.6 cm (55 1/2 x 77 1/2 x 3 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

The artist; by bequest to his wife Lucy Bakewell Audubon, 1851; descended in the family; purchased by John E. Thayer, South Lancaster, MA, by 1917; his gift to the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, 1939.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Transfer from Museum of Comparative Zoology, Gift of John E. Thayer, Class of 1885

Accession Year

1964

Object Number

1964.146

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• [Audubon exhibition], exh. cat., Lyceum of Natural History, New York (New York, NY, 1839), no.
• [Audubon exhibition], exh. cat., Apollo Association (New York, NY, 1841), no. 105
• F. H. Herrick, Audubon the Naturalist (New York, NY, 1917), vol. I, p. 363 and note 14
• John E. Thayer, Exhibition of Drawings and Paintings by J. J. Audubon, Alexander Wilson, and Others: Commemorating the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of John Eliot Thayer, Under the Sponsorship of the Friends of the Thayer Museum, exh. cat., Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University (Cambridge, MA, 1962), no. 11
• Edward H. Dwight, "Audubon's Oils", Art In America (April 1963), vol. 51, no. 2, 76-80, pp. 78-79
• Louise Todd Ambler and Kenyon Castle Bolton, III, "American Painting at Harvard", Antiques (New York, NY, November 1972), vol. 102, no. 5, pp. 876-883, p. 879
• [no title], Fogg Art Museum Newsletter, Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, May 1972), vol. 9, no. 4, ill. p. 1
• Kenyon Castle Bolton, III, Peter G. Huenink, Earl A. Powell III, Harry Z. Rand, and Nanette C. Sexton, American Art at Harvard, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1972), cat. 41, ill.
• Theodore E. Stebbins, Jr. and Melissa Renn, American Paintings at Harvard, Volume One: Paintings, Watercolors, and Pastels by Artists Born before 1826, Yale University Press (U.S.) and Harvard Art Museums (Cambridge and New Haven, 2014), pp. 78-79, cat. 31, ill.
• Bénédicte Bonnet Saint-Georges, Une peinture d'Audubon perdue pour l'Ecosse gagnée par les Etats-Unis, La Tribune de l'Art: L'actualité du patrimoine et de l'art occidental du moyen-âge aux années 30 ([e-journal], November 2 2015)

Exhibition History

• Unidentified Exhibition, Lyceum of Natural History, 1839, Lyceum of Natural History, New York, New York, 01/01/1839 - 12/31/1839
• 1841 Exhibition, Apollo Association, Apollo Association, New York, 03/01/1841 - 03/31/1841
• John J. Audubon: A National Exhibition, Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, 04/26/1938 - 06/01/1938
• Exhibition of Drawings and Paintings by J. J. Audubon, Alexander Wilson and Others Commemorating the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of John Eliot Thayer, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, Cambridge, 04/03/1962 - 04/29/1962
• American Art at Harvard, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 04/19/1972 - 06/18/1972
• Master Paintings from the Fogg Collection, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 04/13/1977 - 08/31/1977
• Understanding Nature: American Zoological Art from the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 12/01/1989 - 01/14/1990

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