Collection Highlights
Ye book of copperheads
Date:
1863
Object Number:
LIB.XS.E647.L52.1863
Medium:
Paper
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White-throated Kingfisher (Halcyon smyrnensis)
Object Number:
1889.10.1.49
Date:
ca. 1730s
Medium:
Watercolor, gouache, with selective glazing and black ink over traces of gray wash on ivory paper, formerly laid on an album page
Dimensions:
Overall: 11 11/16 x 9 1/2 in. (29.7 x 24.1 cm)
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.
