Harvard Art Museums > 1964.146: Wild Turkey Cock, Hen, and Chicks Paintings Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Wild Turkey Cock, Hen, and Chicks (John James Audubon) , 1964.146,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 01, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/311342. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. 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 The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. 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 Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of European and American Art at am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu