Object Number 1969.2761

Object Name

Print (Lithograph)

Title

Birds__Plate IX, 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) , 8.8 (W) , 9.4 (Image H) , 6.8 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

29.2 (H) , 22.4 (W) , 9.4 (Image H) , 6.8 (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

On a vertical, rectangular sheet of wove paper, a rectangular image depicts a bird, perched on a rock, looking out into the ocean. The bird is directed, facing, and looking toward the right. With an illegible annotation in pen in the lowe left. With the inscription in the upper left: "U.S.P.R.R. Exp. & Surveys___California." With the inscription in the upper right: "Birds____Plate X."

Object Description

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