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The Sanderling
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The Sanderling

Date1734
Designed and engraved by
OriginEngland, London
MediumBlack and white line engraving and etching with period color
DimensionsOH: 11 1/2" x OW: 9 1/4"
Credit LineGift of Barnett Shepherd
Object number2018-269,17
DescriptionUpper margin reads: "74/ Vol. II."
Lower margin reads: "The Sanderling"Label TextFrom Eleazar Albin," A Natural History of Birds : iIlustrated with a hundred and one copper plates, curiously engraven from the life, Volume II, (London :Printed for the author and sold by William Innys in St. Paul's Church yard, John Clarke under the Royal-Exchange, Cornhill, and John Brindley at the King's Arms in New Bond-Street, 1734)ProvenanceBefore 2007, Beckman Arms Antique Market (Rhinebeck, NY); 2007, purchased by Barnett Shepherd (Staten Island, NY); 2018-present, given to the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (Williamsburg, VA).