overall: 27.4 cm x 21.9 cm; x 10 13/16 in x 8 5/8 in
Object Name:
Sheet (Paper)
print
Object Type:
Hand-Color Lithograph
Place Made:
United States: District of Columbia, Washington
Date made:
ca 1857
Description (Brief):
The lithographic firm of Bowen & Company (1859-ca 1871) of Philadelphia produced this hand-colored lithograph showing two birds after original illustrations by William E. Hitchcock (ca 1823-1926) and John Cassin (1813-1869) both of Philadelphia. The image was published as plate IV in "Zoology of the Boundary" by S. F. Baird (1823–1887), published in Volume 2, Part 2, of the <i>Report on the United States and Mexican Boundary Survey.</i> The volume was printed in 1859 by Cornelius Wendell of Washington, D.C. The two illustrated birds represent a male and a female "Centurus Flaviventris" (common name Yellow-bellied Woodpecker/Sapsucker).
