COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
Record
Accession number:
15280
Record number:
15280-5
JCB call number:
D731 C359n / 3-SIZE
Image title:
Monedula purpuria. The purple Jackdaw.
Place image published:
[London]
Image publisher:
[Mark Catesby, W. Innys, R. Manby, Mr. Haksbee]
Image date:
[1731]
Image function:
plate 12; vol.1
Technique:
etching, hand coloring
Image dimension height:
26.1 cm. (platemark)
Image dimension width:
35.1 cm. (platemark)
Page dimension height:
51.3 cm.
Page dimension width:
35.3 cm.
Materials medium:
ink, colors
Materials support:
paper
Languages:
Latin, English
Description:
Purple jackdaw or grackle.
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 ...
Source place of publication:
London
Source publisher:
Printed at the Expence of the Author; and Sold by W. Innys and R. Manby, ... by Mr. Hauksbee, ... and by the Author ...
Source date:
MDCCXXXI. [1731]
notes:
Scientific name: Quiscalus quiscula.Image placed horizontally on page.
Time Period:
1701-1750
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired in 1929.
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:
Birds
Subject headings:
Natural history
Subject headings:
Ornithology
Monedula purpuria. The purple Jackdaw.
