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Afrikanischer Strauss (African Ostrich)
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Afrikanischer Strauss (African Ostrich)

Date1856
Engraver 1787 - 1862
OriginEurope, Germany, Leipzig
MediumLithograph with period color
DimensionsOH: 12 1/8" x OW: 9 1/8"
Credit LineGift of Barnett Shepherd
Object number2018-269,6
DescriptionUpper margin reads: "82."
Lower margin reads: "Afrikanischer Strauss./ Struthio camelus./ L'Autruche."Label TextFrom "Naturgeschichte und Abbildungen der Vögel" By Heinrich Rudolf Schinz.ProvenanceBefore 2011, Eugene Galleries (Boston, MA); 2011, purchased by Barnett Shepherd (Staten Island, NY); 2018-present, given to the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (Williamsburg, VA).