Collection Highlights
President Lincoln at Home, Reading the scriptures to his son and wife
Date:
1865
Object Number:
PR.052.52
Medium:
Paper
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Luce Center
Copperplate for Connecticut Warbler (Oporornis agilis), plate no. 138 in John J. Audubon's "Birds of America"
Object Number:
1947.129
Date:
19th century
Medium:
copper, steel-faced
Dimensions:
Overall: 20 1/2 x 12 3/4 in. ( 52.1 x 32.4 cm )
Marks:
inscriptions: back of plate stamped:HUGHES/8PETERBO COURT/FLEET STREET/LONDON
Description:
Plate for the engraving of the Connecticut warbler, Havell #138.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Percy R. Pyne, Given in Memory of Percy Rivington Pyne (1857-1929)
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
