Detail View: JCB Archive of Early American Images: [Various birds and a rhinoceros]
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Accession number:
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92-57
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Record number:
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92-57-64
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JCB call number:
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D785 M388n / 2-SIZE
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Image title:
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[Various birds and a rhinoceros]
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Place image published:
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[London]
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Image publisher:
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Harrison & Co.
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Image date:
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1786
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Image function:
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plate LXXX [80]; vol. 2
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Technique:
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engraving, hand coloring
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Image dimension height:
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33.1 cm. (platemark)
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Image dimension width:
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19.1 cm. (platemark)
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Page dimension height:
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36.3 cm.
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Page dimension width:
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22 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
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Description:
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Various birds and a rhinoceros including: 1) the American redstart, 2) the blue-throat redstart, 3) the grey redstart, 4) the Indian redstart, and 5) the female rhinoseros [rhinoceros]. Items are numbered for identification in key at bottom of image.
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Source creator:
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Martyn, William Frederic
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Source Title:
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A new dictionary of natural history; or, Compleat universal display of animated nature... Volume the second
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Source place of publication:
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London
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Source publisher:
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Printed for Harrison and Co. No 18, Paternoster Row
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Source date:
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MDCCLXXXV. [1785]
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notes:
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The American redstart, Setophaga ruticilla, is native to most of North America. It winters in Jamaica where Martyn says this bird was found.
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Time Period:
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1751-1800
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References:
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http://www.birds.cornell.edu/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/American_Redstart_dtl.html (Sept. 2008)
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Provenance/Donor:
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Acquired in 1992.
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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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Natural history--North America
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Subject headings:
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American redstart
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