Passenger Pigeon, Blue-mountain Warbler, and Hemlock Warbler
published 1808-1814
John G. Warnicke after Alexander Wilson
Artist, American, died 1818
Artist After, American, 1766 - 1813
Artwork overview
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Medium
hand-colored engraving with etching on wove paper
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Credit Line
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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.) -
Accession Number
1991.163.13
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Dr. and Mrs. George Benjamin Green, Virginia; gift to NGA, 1991.
Associated Names
Inscriptions
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
Wikidata ID
Q74894641