Object Number 2006.0502

Object Name

Print (Etching)

Title

Muscovy Duck

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 beneath image; E. Albin Del. 1737.

Subjects

Zoological illustration

Materials

Ink; Watercolor; Paper (laid)

Techniques

Etched, Hand colored, Painted

Dimensions (inches)

9.1 (H) , 11.5 (W) , 7.44 (Image H) , 11.06 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

23 (H) , 29.21 (W) , 7.44 (Image H) , 11.06 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

H at right. W at bottom. Plate H not available. Plate W (at bottom): 10.9375 in. (27.78 cm). Chain intervals and laid lines per cm not measured.

Publisher Summary

Albin, Eleazar

Publication Date

1737

Place of Publication

London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Watermark

Top center: 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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