Engraved printing plate "Scolopax meridionalis, Zaporina umbrina"

Description (Brief):

This engraved printing plate was prepared to print an image of "Scolopax meridionalis, Zapornia umbrina" (now Galinago shicklandii - Cordilleran snipe and Porzana porzana - Spotted Crake) for the publication "United States Exploring Expedition, During the Years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842," Volume 8, Mammalogy and Ornithology, plate 35, in the edition Philadelphia : J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1858. The engraving was produced by W. H. Dougal after W. E. Hitchcock.

William H. Dougal (1822–1895) of New York and Washington, D.C. (after 1844) engraved this copper printing plate after drawings by William E. Hitchcock. The image depicts the Scolopax meridionalis (now Galinago shicklandii, or Cordilleran snipe) and Zapornia umbrina (now Porzana porzana, or Spotted Crake). The engraved illustration was published as Plate 35 in Volume VIII, Mammalogy and Ornithology, by John Cassin, 1858.

Date Made: 1858

Publisher: Wilkes, CharlesOriginal Artist: Hitchcock, W. E.Graphic Artist: Dougal, William H.Printer: Sherman, CongerAuthor: Cassin, JohnMaker: Peale, Titian Ramsay

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia

Related Event: U.S. Exploring Expedition

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Related Web Publication: http://www.sil.si.edu/digitalcollections/usexex/index.htm

Related Publication: The United States Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 1999.0145.415Catalog Number: 1999.0145.415Accession Number: 1999.0145

Object Name: plateplate, printingObject Type: Engraving

Physical Description: copper (overall material)Measurements: overall: 43.2 cm x 28.6 cm; 17 in x 11 1/4 in

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a4-1696-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_600654

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