The White web Footed Gull
Date1734
Maker
Eleazar Albin
OriginEngland, London
MediumBlack and white line engraving with period color
DimensionsOH: 11 5/8" x OW: 9 1/4"
Credit LineGift of Barnett Shepherd
Object number2018-269,18
DescriptionUpper margin reads: "84/ Vol. II"Lower margin reads: "The White web Footed Gull"Label TextFrom Eleazar Albin,' A Natural History of Birds : Illustrated 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).
