Chromolithograph of bird species "Euphonia Rufiventris adult male and Chlorophonia Occipitalis adulte male"
Chromolithograph of bird species "Euphonia Rufiventris adult male and Chlorophonia Occipitalis adulte male"
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- Description
- Thomas Sinclair (c.1805–1881) of Philadelphia printed this chromolithograph of “Euphonia rufiventis [Vieill] adult male and Chlorophonia occipitalis [Du Bus] adult male,” now "Euphonia rufiventris" (Rufous-bellied euphonia) and "Chlorophonia occipitalis" (Blue-crowned chlorophonia), from an original sketch by William Dreser (c.1820–after 1860) of Philadelphia (1847–1860) and New York (1860). This is an unfinished proof, whose final version was published in 1855 by A.O.P. Nicholson in Washington, D.C. as Plate XXI in the “Birds” section of volume II of The United States Naval Astronomical Survey to the Southern Hemisphere, written by John Cassin (1813–1869).
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- Object Type
- Lithograph
- Other Terms
- print; Graphics; Planographic; Lithograph
- date of book publication
- 1855
- graphic artist
- Sinclair, Thomas
- original artist
- Dreser, William
- printer
- Nicholson, A. O. P.
- publisher
- United States Navy
- Cassin, John
- Gilliss, James Melville
- location of book publication
- United States: District of Columbia
- Associated Place
- South America
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- ink (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 25 cm x 33 cm; 9 13/16 in x 13 in
- ID Number
- 2008.0175.06
- accession number
- 2008.0175
- catalog number
- 2008.0175.06
- subject
- Birds
- South America
- Exploration and Discovery
- U.S. Congress
- U. S. Navy
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- Work and Industry: Graphic Arts
- Measuring & Mapping
- Science & Mathematics
- Communications
- Art
- Military
- Government, Politics, and Reform
- Natural Resources
- Survey Prints
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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