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Blue Jay, Yellow-Bird or Goldfinch, and Baltimore Bird
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Blue Jay, Yellow-Bird or Goldfinch, and Baltimore Bird

DateCa. 1808
After work by 1766-1813
Engraver
OriginAmerica, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
MediumBlack and white line engraving and etching with period color
DimensionsOH: 14" x OW: 9 3/8"
Credit LineGift of Barnett Shepherd
Object number2018-269,42
DescriptionEach bird with corresponding number 1-4
Lower margin reads: "1. Cowuscristatus, Blue Jay. ~ 2. Fringilla Tristis, Yellow-Bird or Goldfinch. ~/ 3. Oriolis Baltimorus, Baltimore Bird.~/ 1 / Drawn from Nature by A. Wilson./ Engrav'd by A. Lawson"ProvenanceBefore 1999, Rick Gafgen (Lambertville, NJ); 1999, purchased by Barnett Shepherd (Staten Island, NY); 2018-present, given to the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (Williamsburg, VA).