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Reedsparrow, Marsh Titmouse, Great Titmouse, Longtail Titmouse, and the Bunting
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Reedsparrow, Marsh Titmouse, Great Titmouse, Longtail Titmouse, and the Bunting

Date1828
Engraver Alexander Lawson
After work by Alexander Wilson (1766-1813)
OriginAmerica, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
MediumBlack and white line engraving with period color, iron gall ink
DimensionsH: 21" x W: 14 1/4"
Credit LineGift of Barnett Shepherd
Object number2018-269,53
DescriptionUpper margin in iron gall ink: p. 111 and 113"
Lower margin in iron gall ink: "1 and 2 M & F Reedsparrow 3 Marsh Titmouse 4 Great Titmouse 5 Blew Titmouse 6 longtail Titmouse 7 The Bunting."
Label TextPlate from the folio accompanying George Ord’s second edition of Alexander Wilson, ‘American Ornithology; or The Natural History of the Birds of the United States,’ (Philadelphia: Harrison Hall, New York, Collins & Co, 1828)