Passenger Pigeon, Blue-mountain Warbler, and Hemlock Warbler, published 1808-1814

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Medium

hand-colored engraving with etching on wove paper

Dimensions

plate: 26.1 x 33.8 cm (10 1/4 x 13 5/16 in.)

sheet: 29.2 x 37.6 cm (11 1/2 x 14 13/16 in.)

Credit Line

Collection of Dr. and Mrs. George Benjamin Green

Accession Number

1991.163.13

Artists / Makers

John G. Warnicke (artist) American, died 1818

Alexander Wilson (artist after) American, 1766 - 1813

Image Use

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Inscription

lower left in plate: Drawn from Nature by A.Wilson.; lower right in plate: Engraved by J.G.Warnicke.; lower center in plate: 1. Passenger Pigeon. 2.Blue=mountain Warbler. 3. Hemlock W.; lower right in plate (mirror image): 44

Provenance

Dr. and Mrs. George Benjamin Green, Virginia; gift to NGA, 1991.

Associated Names

Green, George Benjamin, Dr. and Mrs.