Lithograph of bird species "Chrysomitris Marginalis"
date: label: date made
content: 1855
name: label: graphic artist
content: Sinclair, Thomas
label: graphic artist
content: Dreser, William
label: printer
content: Nicholson, A. O. P.
label: publisher
content: United States Navy
label: author
content: Cassin, John
label: author
content: Gilliss, James Melville
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Thomas Sinclair (ca 1805-1881) of Philadelphia produced this chromolithographic print of "Chrysomitris marginalis [Bonaparte] male and female" (common name: Black-chinned Siskin) after an original illustration by William Dreser (b. 1820, fl. 1849-1860). The image was published as Plate XVII in Volume 2, following page 180 of Appendix F (Zoology-Birds) by John Cassin (1813-1869) in the report describing "The U.S. Naval Astronomical Expedition to the Southern Hemisphere during the Years 1849, 1850, 1851, and 1852" by James M. Gillis (1811-1865). The volume was printed in 1855 by A. O. P. Nicholson (1808-1876) of Washington, D.C.
label: Description
content: Thomas Sinclair (c.1805–1881) of Philadelphia printed this lithograph of “Chrysomitris Marginalis [Bonaparte] male and female," now "Carduelis barbata" or Black-chinned siskin, from an original sketch by William Dreser (c.1820–after 1860) of Philadelphia (1847–1860) and New York (1860). The illustration was published in 1855 by A.O.P. Nicholson in Washington, D.C. as Plate XVII in the “Birds” section of volume II of <I>The United States Naval Astronomical Survey to the Southern Hemisphere,</I> written by John Cassin (1813–1869).
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Place Made
content: United States: District of Columbia
label: Associated Place
content: South America
topic: label: Subject
content: Birds
label: Subject
content: Exploration and Discovery
label: Subject
content: U.S. Congress
label: Subject
content: United States Navy
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dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2008.0175.03
label: accession number
content: 2008.0175
label: catalog number
content: 2008.0175.03
objectType: label: Object Name
content: print
label: Object Type
content: Lithograph
label: Other Terms
content: print; Chromolithograph
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
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content: ink (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 25.6 cm x 32.8 cm; 10 1/16 in x 12 15/16 in