COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
Accession number:
02167
Record number:
02167-12
JCB call number:
D771 C359n / 3-SIZE
Image title:
[The Bald Eagle.] Aquila capite Albo. The White headed Eagle.
Place image published:
[London]
Image publisher:
[Printed for Benjamin White, ...]
Image date:
[1731-1743]
Image function:
plate 1; vol. 1
Technique:
etching, hand coloring
Image dimension height:
25.5 cm. (platemark)
Image dimension width:
37.5 cm. (platemark)
Page dimension height:
53.5 cm.
Page dimension width:
35.5 cm.
Materials medium:
ink, colors
Materials support:
paper
Languages:
Latin, English
Description:
Bald eagle catching a fish. Includes profile of the bird's head and detail of the bird in flight.
Source creator:
Catesby, Mark , 1683-1749
Source Title:
The natural history of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands: containing the figures of birds, beasts, fishes, serpents, insects, and plants ... Tome I
Source place of publication:
London
Source publisher:
Printed for Benjamin White, at Horace's Head, in Fleetstreet
Source date:
MDCCLXXI [1771]
notes:
Scientific name: Haliaeetus leucocephalus.Originally published, London, 1731-1743; 1771 edition revised by George Edwards, 1694-1773, when Linnaean Index was added.The hand-colored illustrations were etched by the author from his own drawings.Image placed horizontally on page.
Time Period:
1701-1750
References:
http://www.mbr-pwrc… (Dec. 2006)
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired in 1865.
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:
Bald eagle
Subject headings:
Birds
Subject headings:
Ornithology
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