Chrysomitris marginalis [Bonaparte] male and female
date: label: date of book publication
content: 1855
name: label: book printer, publisher
content: Nicholson, A.O.P.
label: book printer, publisher
content: United States Navy
label: original artist
content: Dreser, William
label: graphic artist
content: Sinclair, Thomas
label: author of the birds section
content: Cassin, John
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Thomas Sinclair (ca 1805-1881) of Philadelphia produced this pre-press chromolithographic proof 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: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: location of book publication
content: United States: District of Columbia, Washington
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
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: Graphic Arts
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2008.0175.04
label: accession number
content: 2008.0175
label: catalog number
content: 2008.0175.04
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Object Type
content: Chromolithograph
label: Other Terms
content: Print; Graphics; Planographic; Lithograph
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ink (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 32.6 cm x 25.5 cm; 12 13/16 in x 10 1/16 in