COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
Record
Accession number:
06333
Record number:
06333-15
JCB call number:
E825 B698a / 2-SIZE
Image title:
1 Evening Grosbeak. Fringilla Vespertina. 2 Female Rose-breasted Grosbeak. Fringilla Ludoviciana. 3 Female White-winged Crossbill. Loxia Leucoptera. 4 Female Indigo Finch. Fringilla Cyanea.
Creator 1:
A. Rider
Creator 1 role:
Drawn from Nature by
Creator 2:
Alexander Lawson
Creator 2 dates:
1773-1846
Creator 2 role:
Engraved by
Place image published:
[Philadelphia]
Image publisher:
[Carey, Lea & Carey ... John Miller]
Image date:
[1825]
Image function:
plate 15; vol. 2, following p. 74
Technique:
engraving, hand coloring
Image dimension height:
34.5 cm. (platemark)
Image dimension width:
26 cm. (platemark)
Page dimension height:
39.1 cm.
Page dimension width:
30.5 cm.
Materials medium:
ink, colors
Materials support:
paper
Languages:
English, Latin
Description:
Evening grosbeak, female rose-breasted grosbeak, female white-winged crossbill, and female indigo finch or bunting perch on branches.
Source creator:
Bonaparte, Charles Lucian, 1803-1857
Source Title:
American ornithology; or, The natural history of birds inhabiting the United States, not given by Wilson. ... Vol. II.
Source place of publication:
Philadelphia & London
Source publisher:
Carey, Lea & Carey - Chesnut Street. John Miller, 40 Pall Mall.
Source date:
1828
notes:
The evening grosbeak is now known as Coccothraustes vespertinus. The rose-breasted grosbeak is now known as Pheucticus ludovicianus. The white-winged crossbill is still known as Loxia leucoptera. It is shown with its favorite food, the seed-holding cone of a conifer. The indigo finch may be Passerina cyanea or the indigo bunting.William Reese identifies the artist as Alexander Rider, a German artist, fl. 1810-1834.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.
Time Period:
1801-1850
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired before 1871.
Owner and copyright:
©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
geographic area:
North America
Subject Area:
Flora and fauna
Subject headings:
Crossbills
Subject headings:
Birds--North America
Subject headings:
Coccothraustes
Subject headings:
Natural history--North America
Subject headings:
Ornithology--North America
1 Evening Grosbeak. Fringilla Vespertina. 2 Female Rose-breasted Grosbeak. Fringilla Ludov...
