Lithograph of bird species "Ericornis Melanura and Scytalopus Fuscus"
date: label: date of book publication
content: 1855
name: label: graphic artist
content: Sinclair, Thomas
label: original 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 "Ericornis melanura [Gray] adult and Scytalopus fuscus [Gould],” now "Chilia melanura" (Crag chilia), and "Scytalopus fuscus" (Dusky tapaculo), from an original illustration by William Dreser (ca 1820, fl. 1849-1860). The image was published as Plate XXI in Volume 2, following page 188 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: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: location of book publication
content: United States: District of Columbia
label: location of print publication
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
label: Associated Place
content: South America
topic: label: Subject
content: Birds
label: Subject
content: U.S. Congress
label: Subject
content: United States Navy
label: Subject
content: Exploration and Discovery
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dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2008.0175.05
label: accession number
content: 2008.0175
label: catalog number
content: 2008.0175.05
objectType: label: Object Name
content: print
label: Object Type
content: Lithograph
label: Other Terms
content: print; Graphics; Planographic; Lithograph
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
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label: Measurements
content: overall: 25.7 cm x 32.9 cm; 10 1/8 in x 12 15/16 in