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Oriolus Spurius, Orchard Oriole
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Oriolus Spurius, Orchard Oriole

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: 13 3/4"
Credit LineGift of Barnett Shepherd
Object number2018-269,52
DescriptionLower margin: "Oriolus Spurius, Orchard Oriole. 1. Female. 2. and 3. Males of the second and third years./ 4. Male in complete plumage. a/ Egg of the Orchard oriole. b. Egg of the Baltimore Oriole./ Drawn from Nature by A Wilson./ Engrav'd by A. Lawson."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).