Detail View: JCB Archive of Early American Images: 1. Fork-tailed Flycatcher. Muscicapa Savana. 2. Rocky Mountain Anteater. Myiothera Obsoleta. 3. Female Golden-winged Warbler. Sylvia Chrysoptera.
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Accession number:
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06333
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Record number:
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06333-1
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JCB call number:
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E825 B698a / 2-SIZE
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Image title:
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1. Fork-tailed Flycatcher. Muscicapa Savana. 2. Rocky Mountain Anteater. Myiothera Obsoleta. 3. Female Golden-winged Warbler. Sylvia Chrysoptera.
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Creator 1:
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Titian Ramsay Peale
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Creator 1 dates:
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1799-1885
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Creator 1 role:
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Drawn from Nature by
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Creator 2:
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Alexander Lawson
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Creator 2 dates:
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1773-1846
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Creator 2 role:
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Engraved by
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Place image published:
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[Philadelphia]
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Image publisher:
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[Samuel Augustus Mitchell]
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Image date:
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[1825]
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Image function:
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plate; vol. 1, preceding p. 1
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Technique:
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engraving, hand coloring
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Image dimension height:
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34.4 cm. (platemark)
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Image dimension width:
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26.5 cm. (platemark)
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Page dimension height:
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39.2 cm.
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Page dimension width:
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29.5 cm.
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Materials medium:
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ink, colors
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Materials support:
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paper
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Languages:
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English, Latin
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Description:
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Three birds including the fork-tailed flycatcher, the Rocky Mountain anteater, and the female of the golden-winged warbler.
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Source creator:
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Bonaparte, Charles Lucian, 1803-1857
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Source Title:
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American ornithology; or, The natural history of birds inhabiting the United States, not given by Wilson. ... Vol. I.
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Source place of publication:
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Philadelphia
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Source publisher:
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Published by Samuel Augustus Mitchell.
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Source date:
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1825
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notes:
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The fork-tailed flycatcher (Tyrannus savana) breeds in South America and is primarily found there. Occasionally some birds are sighted in northeastern North America; this one was taken from New Jersey. The scientific name of the golden-winged warbler is (Vermivora chrysoptera).Charles Lucian Bonaparte was the son of Lucien Bonaparte and nephew of Napoleon Bonaparte. He visited America between 1822 and 1828, setting out to update Alexander Wilson's American Ornithology. The preface states that the drawings were done by Titian Peale from the life; the copper plates were engraved by Lawson (who had done the engravings for Wilson's American Ornithology); the coloring was done by A. Rider. The style of the illustrations and page design imitates Wilson's book. Peale was himself a naturalist and collected many of the specimens.The work appeared between 1825 and 1828 in four volumes. The publication information for volume one differs from the others.
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Time Period:
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1801-1850
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Provenance/Donor:
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Acquired before 1871.
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Owner and copyright:
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©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
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geographic area:
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North America
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Subject Area:
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Flora and fauna
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Subject headings:
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Birds--North America
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Subject headings:
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Natural history--North America
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Subject headings:
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Ornithology--North America
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Subject headings:
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Tyrannus--North America
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