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

sheet: 29.7 x 37 cm (11 11/16 x 14 9/16 in.)

Credit Line

Collection of Dr. and Mrs. George Benjamin Green

Accession Number

1991.163.101

Artists / Makers

John G. Warnicke (artist) American, died 1818

Alexander Wilson (artist after) American, 1766 - 1813

Image Use

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Inscription

lower right in plate: Engraved by J.G.Warnicke.; lower left in plate: Drawn from Nature by A.Wilson; lower center in plate: 1. Passenger Pigeon. 2. Blue=mountain Warbler. 3. Hemlock W: 44; upper left verso in graphite: 15.00 NOO XXP / P-1-16

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Green, George Benjamin, Dr. and Mrs.