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Print (Lithograph)
Birds__Plate IX, from U.S.P.R.R. Exp. & Surveys
1855-1860
Category
Prints and Maps
Place of Origin
Washington; District of Columbia; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Materials
- Ink
- Paper (wove)
Museum Object Number
1969.2761
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1969.2761
Object Name
Print (Lithograph)
Title
Birds__Plate IX, from U.S.P.R.R. Exp. & Surveys
Category
Prints and Maps
Place of Origin
Washington; District of Columbia; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Date
1855-1860
Subject(s)
- Zoological illustration
Materials
- Ink
- Paper (wove)
Techniques
- Lithography
- Hand colored
- Painted
Dimensions (inches)
11.5 (H) x 8.8 (W) x 9.4 (Image H) x 6.8 (Image W)
Dimensions (centimeters)
29.2 (H) x 22.4 (W) x 24 (Image H) x 17.2 (Image W)
Publisher Summary
U.S. Government Printing Office
Publisher Date
01/01/1855
Place of Publication
Washington, D.C.
Publisher Name
U.S. Government Printing Office
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."