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Five Birds with Their Eggs and an Insect

published 1808/1814

Alexander Lawson

Artist, American, 1773 - 1846

Alexander Lawson after Alexander Wilson

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Artwork overview

Medium

color etching
Credit Line

Gift of Dr. and Mrs. George Benjamin Green
Accession Number

1973.26.35

Artwork history & notes

Wikidata ID

Q65564632

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