Collection Highlights
The Assassination of President Lincoln, at Ford's Theater, Washington D.C. April 14th 1865
Date:
1865
Object Number:
PR.052.60
Medium:
Paper
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Museum Collections
House Bunting (Emberiza striolata), Female or Non-Breeding
Object Number:
1889.10.4.25
Date:
c. 1554-1564
Medium:
Watercolor, gouache, black ink, and white lead pigment over black chalk on ivory paper, formerly laid on an album page with 1889.10.4.24
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 13/16 x 7 7/16 in. (19.8 x 18.9 cm), irregular
Marks:
Inside cover of Album 1 contains a printed catalogue description reading: "Drawings of European Birds, a Collection of upwards of 200 Drawings, most beautifully executed colours, of European Birds, taken from Nature, and most faithfully copied with a view
Description:
Avian Study
Credit Line:
Gift of Nathaniel H. Bishop
Provenance:
The Duke of Devonshire, Chatsworth, England; John Cassin, Philadelphia, 1869; M.Thomas & Sons, Philadelphia, 1872; Nathaniel H. Bishop, Toms River, New Jersey
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
