Birds of Prey/Scratching Birds or Gallinaceous Birds
Object Details
- L. Prang & Company
- Description (Brief)
- Colored print of individual drawings of birds who share similar characteristics. The birds on the left are birds of prey. Those on the right are scratching birds. Specific information for each bird appears below each drawing along with detailed drawings of their beaks and claws. Title and publisher information are printed in eight different sections, indicating that the print is meant to be cut.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Harry T. Peters "America on Stone" Lithography Collection
- ca 1864
- ID Number
- DL.60.2703
- catalog number
- 60.2703
- accession number
- 228146
- Object Name
- lithograph
- Object Type
- Lithograph
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- ink (overall material)
- Measurements
- image: 20 in x 25 3/4 in; 50.8 cm x 65.405 cm
- place made
- United States: Massachusetts, Boston
- See more items in
- Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
- Art
- Peters Prints
- Domestic Furnishings
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Birds
- Record ID
- nmah_325005
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a1-2472-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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