Detail View: JCB Archive of Early American Images: Wild Turkey. Male and Female. Meleagris Gallopavo.
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Accession number:
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06333
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Record number:
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06333-9
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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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Wild Turkey. Male and Female. Meleagris Gallopavo.
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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 9; vol. 1, following p. 78
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Technique:
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engraving, hand coloring
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Image dimension height:
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34.2 cm. (platemark)
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Image dimension width:
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26.7 cm. (platemark)
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Page dimension height:
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39 cm.
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Page dimension width:
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30.5 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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Male and female wild turkeys.
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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 wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) was an important food source for native Americans. Text notes that the habitat of the bird is being diminished by settlements. Bonaparte thanks John J. Audubon for the detailed information on the turkey's habits, and, indeed, more information about the turkey is provided than on any other bird in this volume.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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Meleagris
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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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Birds--North America
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Subject headings:
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Wild turkey
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