Object Number 1969.2758

Object Name

Print (Lithograph)

Title

Birds, Plate XIII, from U.S.P.R.R. Exp. & Surveys

Category

Prints and Maps

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont

Place of Origin

Washington, District of Columbia, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

Date

1855-1860

Subjects

Zoological illustration

Materials

Ink; Paper (wove)

Techniques

Lithography, Hand colored, Painted

Dimensions (inches)

11.5 (H) , 8.9 (W) , 9.3 (Image H) , 6.9 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

29.2 (H) , 22.5 (W) , 9.3 (Image H) , 6.9 (Image W)

Publisher Summary

U.S. Government Printing Office

Publication Date

1855

Place of Publication

Washington, D.C.

Coloring

Hand colored with watercolors

Edition Notes

From the United States Pacific Railroad Expeditions and Surveys. Stanley, John Mix and Richard H. Kern. John Williams Gunnison & Edward Frifin Beckwith's Explorations and Surveys for a Railroad Route From the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean. / Report of Explorations for a Route / Near the 38th and 389th Parallels of North Latitude. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1855.

Object Description

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