Object Number 1982.0013 A, B

Object Name

Print

Title

CATHARTES BURROVIANUS./ BURROUGHS' VULTURE.

Category

Prints and Maps

Credit Line/Donor

Museum purchase

Creator (Role)

Daniel Giraud Elliot (Author and publisher)
03/07/1835-12/22/1915
Elliot is a important figure in the field of zoology. He helped found several insitutions and societies, including (along with Albert S. Bickmore) the American Museum of Natural History in New York in 1869, the Zoological Society of France (he also served as its vice-president), and the American Ornithologists' Union (also served as its president). In 1894, he was appointed curator of zoology at the Field Museum in Chicago.

Bowen & Co. (Lithographer and colorist)
1838-c. 1870
References: Peters, America on Stone, pp. 103-5 (Peters records Bowen's partner as "John Corson, Secretary of the American Academy of Natural Sciences).

Place of Origin

New York, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

Origin Notes

Book published in New York.

Secondary Place of Origin

Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

Secondary Origin Notes

Plate lithographed and colored in Philadelphia

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Left end of branch; C. P. Th.
2. Inscription; Lower left beneath image; Drawn from Nature by D. G. Elliot, F. Z. S.
3. Inscription; Lower right beneath image; Bowen & Co. lith. & col. Philada.

Subjects

Natural history

Materials

Ink; Watercolor; Paper (wove)

Techniques

Lithography, Letterpress

Dimensions (inches)

23.2 (H) , 17.92 (W) , 14.9 (Image H) , 10.9 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

58.93 (H) , 45.51 (W) , 14.9 (Image H) , 10.9 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

Measurements taken of (a). H at left. W at bottom. Image H & W does not include wash background. Measurements of (b). H (at left): 23.1 in. (58.8 cm). W (above torn bottom corner): 18.0 in. (45.6 cm). Image H: 13.9 in. (35.3 cm). Image W: 11.7 in. (29.7 cm).

Publisher Summary

Elliot, Daniel Giraud

Publication Date

1866

Place of Publication

New York, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

Watermark

none

Edition Notes

Pages from Daniel G. Elliot, The Birds of North America, Part 2 (New York: by the author, 1866-69). This works was issued in 15 parts, Part 2 included Plates 25, 36, 39, 42, 46. Plate number needs to be found.

Object Description

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