Reedsparrow, Marsh Titmouse, Great Titmouse, Longtail Titmouse, and the Bunting

Date1828

Engraver Alexander Lawson

After work by Alexander Wilson 1766-1813

OriginAmerica, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia

MediumBlack and white line engraving with period color, iron gall ink

DimensionsH: 21" x W: 14 1/4"

Credit LineGift of Barnett Shepherd

Object number2018-269,53

DescriptionUpper margin in iron gall ink: p. 111 and 113"
Lower margin in iron gall ink: "1 and 2 M & F Reedsparrow 3 Marsh Titmouse 4 Great Titmouse 5 Blew Titmouse 6 longtail Titmouse 7 The Bunting."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 Hall, New York, Collins & Co, 1828)ProvenanceBefore 2014, People’s Store (Lambertville, NJ); 2014, purchased by Barnett Shepherd (Staten Island, NY); 2018-present, given to the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (Williamsburg, VA).