Tyrannus couchi, tail of Tyrannus melancholicus, Empidonax obscurus
date: label: date made
content: 1859
name: label: graphic artist
content: Bowen & Co.
label: maker
content: Hitchcock, William E.
label: maker
content: Cassin, John
label: maker
content: Bowen & Co.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: The lithographic firm of Bowen & Company (1859-ca 1871) of Philadelphia produced this hand-colored lithograph describing three bird species after original illustrations by William E. Hitchcock (ca 1823-1926) and John Cassin (1813-1869) both of Philadelphia. The image was published as plate XI 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 illustration includes two hand-colored representations of: 1. Tyrannus couchi, and 3. Empidonax obscurus (common name Tropical Kingbird), along with a line drawing of the tail of 2. Tyrannus melancholicus, (now Empidonax obscurus).
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
topic: label: Subject
content: Birds
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content: Work and Industry: Graphic Arts
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2013.0131.26
label: accession number
content: 2013.0131
label: catalog number
content: 2013.0131.26
objectType: label: Object Name
content: sheet (paper)
label: Object Name
content: print
label: Object Type
content: Lithograph
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ink (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 21.2 cm x 28.1 cm; 8 11/32 in x 11 1/16 in