Collection Highlights
Plan of the Central Park, New York : Entry No. 4 in the competition
Date:
March 20, 1858
Object Number:
PR.003.234
Medium:
Ink and colored washes
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Museum Collections
Drawings
Konrad Gesner's "Aquila Heteropus"
Object Number:
1889.10.3.12
Date:
c. 1554-1564
Medium:
Watercolor, black ink, and white lead pigment on ivory paper, formerly laid on an album page
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 15/16 x 8 1/4 in. (25.2 x 21 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
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at upper center: Aquila heteropus.
Description:
Avian Study--Not a real species but an ancient legend originating in Strasburg [Kinzelbach]
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.
