Lithograph of bird species "Buteo elegans"
date: label: date of book publication
content: 1859
name: label: publisher
content: U.S. War Department
label: printer
content: Nicholson, A. O. P.
label: publisher
content: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Topographic Command
label: author
content: Williamson, Robert Stockton
label: author
content: Heerman, Dr. A. L.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This colored lithograph of Buteo elegans [Cassin] (Red-shouldered Hawk) is believed to have been drawn on stone by William E. Hitchcock (ca 1822-ca 1906), lithographed by Bowen & Company of Philadelphia (ca 1840-1870), and likely hand colored by Bowen firm colorists or Lavinia Bowen (ca 1820- ca 1872).
label: Description (Brief)
content: The image was published as Plate II in the Zoological Report, Volume X, Part IV, No. 2 in A. L. Heermann's "Report Upon the Birds Collected on the Survey (between San Francisco and Fort Yuma, California)", following page 80. The report was published in the larger volume “Report of Explorations in California for Railroad Routes to Connect with the Routes near the 35th and 32nd Parallels of North Latitude" by Lieutenant R. S. Williamson, Corps of Topographical Engineers. The volume was printed in 1859 by Beverly Tucker of Washington, D.C.
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content: Currently not on view
place: label: Place Made
content: United States: District of Columbia
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dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: GA.16332.067
label: catalog number
content: 16332.067
label: accession number
content: 1930.110179
objectType: label: Object Name
content: print
label: Object Type
content: Hand-Color Lithograph
label: Object Type
content: Hand-Color Lithograph
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label: Measurements
content: overall: 18.6 cm x 24.1 cm; 7 5/16 in x 9 1/2 in