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No title: original watercolor for plate 68 in Volume 8 of Alexander Wilson's ORNITHOLOGY.
Books 2018-147

No title: original watercolor for plate 68 in Volume 8 of Alexander Wilson's ORNITHOLOGY.

Maker 1766-1813
OriginAmerica, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number2018-147,15
Description
Label TextPlate LXVIII
Goosander
Female Goosander
Pintail Duck
Blue-Winged Teal
Snow Goose (male)ProvenanceVolumes 1 and 2 were presented to William Bartram (the inscription is in volume 2). Presumably Bartram was presented with the first issue of volume 1. The two copies of volume 1 and 2 were then owned by William Jardine (see the inscription in on the endpaper of volume 2). Volumes 3-9 are inscribed "John Ford." The entire set, including the Bonapart volumes, the original watercolor, and 2 manuscript letters were owned by Dr. Evan Morton Evans (1870-1955) and his son Daniel Webster Evans (1907-1966). The most recent owner, prior to being purchased by Colonial Williamsburg, was New York collector Gilbert Butler.
Books 2018-147
No title: Manuscript letter from Charles Lucian Bonaparte.
Charles Lucian Bonaparte
March 11, 1853
Books 2018-147
AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGY; OR, THE NATURAL HISTORY OF THE BIRDS OF THE UNITED STATES: ILLUSTRATED WITH PLATES Engraved and Colored from Original Drawings taken from Nature
Alexander Wilson
September 1, 1808
Books 2018-147
AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGY; OR, THE NATURAL HISTORY OF THE BIRDS OF THE UNITED STATES: ILLUSTRATED WITH PLATES Engraved and Colored from Original Drawings taken from Nature
Alexander Wilson
January 1, 1810
Books 2018-147
AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGY; OR, THE NATURAL HISTORY OF THE BIRDS OF THE UNITED STATES: ILLUSTRATED WITH PLATES Engraved and Colored from Original Drawings taken from Nature
Alexander Wilson
February 12, 1811
Books 2018-147
AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGY; OR, THE NATURAL HISTORY OF THE BIRDS OF THE UNITED STATES: ILLUSTRATED WITH PLATES Engraved and Colored from Original Drawings taken from Nature
Alexander Wilson
September 12, 1811
Books 2018-147
AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGY; OR, THE NATURAL HISTORY OF THE BIRDS OF THE UNITED STATES: ILLUSTRATED WITH PLATES Engraved and Colored from Original Drawings taken from Nature
Alexander Wilson
February 12, 1812
Books 2018-147
AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGY; OR, THE NATURAL HISTORY OF THE BIRDS OF THE UNITED STATES: ILLUSTRATED WITH PLATES Engraved and Colored from Original Drawings taken from Nature
Alexander Wilson
August 12, 1812
Books 2018-147
AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGY; OR, THE NATURAL HISTORY OF THE BIRDS OF THE UNITED STATES: ILLUSTRATED WITH PLATES Engraved and Colored from Original Drawings taken from Nature
Alexander Wilson
March 1, 1813
Books 2018-147
AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGY; OR, THE NATURAL HISTORY OF THE BIRDS OF THE UNITED STATES: ILLUSTRATED WITH PLATES Engraved and Colored from Original Drawings taken from Nature
Alexander Wilson
January 19, 1814
Books 2018-147
AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGY; OR, THE NATURAL HISTORY OF THE BIRDS OF THE UNITED STATES: ILLUSTRATED WITH PLATES Engraved and Colored from Original Drawings taken from Nature
Alexander Wilson
May 1, 1814
Books 2018-147
AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGY; OR, THE NATURAL HISTORY OF THE BIRDS OF THE UNITED STATES: ILLUSTRATED WITH PLATES Engraved and Colored from Original Drawings taken from Nature
Alexander Wilson
1809 (although dated October 1. 1808)
Books 2018-147
Manuscript letter from Charles Lucian Bonaparte to John James Audubon
Charles Lucian Bonaparte
February 4, 1836