Object Number 2006.0501

Object Name

Print (Etching)

Title

The Cock Windhouer

Category

Prints and Maps

Credit Line/Donor

Anonymous

Creator (Role)

Eleazar Albin (Draftsman, etcher and colorist)
Albin published several titles on English natural history, including A Natural History of English Insects (1720), A Natural History of Birds (1731-38), A Natural History of Spiders (1736), and A Natural History of English song-birds (1741).

William Innys, John Clarke, and John Brindley (Bookseller)

Place of Origin

London, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Date

1737

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Lower right to right of title within image; E Albin fecit 1737

Subjects

Zoological illustration

Materials

Ink; Watercolor; Paper (laid)

Techniques

Etched, Hand colored, Painted

Dimensions (inches)

11.56 (H) , 8.94 (W) , 8.5 (Image H) , 6.125 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

29.37 (H) , 22.7 (W) , 8.5 (Image H) , 6.125 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

H at left. W at bottom. Plate H (at right): 10.125 in. (25.72 cm). Plate W not available. Chain lines and laid lines per cm not measured.

Publisher Summary

Albin, Eleazar

Publication Date

1737

Place of Publication

London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Watermark

Left center (sideways): partial crossed shield over initials "LVG"

Edition Notes

From Eleazer Albin, A Natural History of Birds (London: Printed for the author and sold by William Innys, John Clarke and John Brindley, 1731-38).

Object Description

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