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Swamp Sparrow, White-throated Sparrow, Savannah Sparrow, Fox-coloured Sparrow, and Loggerhead Shrike
Print 2018-269,51

Swamp Sparrow, White-throated Sparrow, Savannah Sparrow, Fox-coloured Sparrow, and Loggerhead Shrike

Date1828
After work by 1766-1813
Engraver
Compiler
OriginAmerica, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
MediumBlack and white line engraving and etching with period color
DimensionsOH: 17 1/8" x OW: 14"
Credit LineGift of Barnett Shepherd
Object number2018-269,51
DescriptionLower margin: "Drawn from Nature by A. Wilsonl/ Engraved by A Lawson./ 1. Swamp Sparrow. 2. White-throated Sp. 3. Savannah Sp. 4, Fox-coloured Sp. 5. Loggerhead Shrike./ 22"Label TextPlate from the folio accompanying George Ord’s second edition of Alexander Wilson, ‘American Ornithology; or The Natural History of the Birds of the United States,’ (Philadelphia: Harrison Hal, New York, Collins & Co, 1828)ProvenanceBefore 1999, Alan Kossack (Sturbridge, MA); 1999, purchased by Barnett Shepherd (Staten Island, NY); 2018-present, given to the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (Williamsburg, VA).