Collection Highlights
Miscegenation: the theory of the blending of the races, applied to the American white man and negro..
Date:
1864
Object Number:
LIB.E185.62.C76.1864
Medium:
Paper
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The White Bird ("L'Oyseau Blanc")
Object Number:
1889.10.2.48
Date:
c. 1554-1564
Medium:
Watercolor and black ink on ivory paper, laid on an album page
Dimensions:
Paper: 8 x 6 in. (20.3 x 15.2 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: Loyseau blanc.
At lower right: 84
Description:
Probably an albino European Blackbird (Turdus merula); called albino-amsel in German.
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.
