Item Summary

Descriptive Information

Title
Le Wip-poor-Will. De Mr. Buffon / Mill Grove, Pensylvania [sic] the 21 of July, 1806 J.J.A.
Call Number
HSV/8 B/GC154/Framed GA 2022.00305
Identifier
ark:/88435/gq67k169v
Publisher
1806.
Language
Multiple languages
Date Created
1806
Extent
1 drawing : pencil and crayon on paper ; sheet 9.25 x 11.5 inches, in frame 42.5 x 48.5 cm
Source Acquisition
Gift of John S. Williams, Princeton University Class of 1924; 1945.
References
Princeton University Library Chronicle, Vol. 21, Nos. 1 & 2 (Autumn 1959 & Winter 1960), p. 23
Rights Statement
No Known Copyright
Notes
Original drawing for Birds of America.
Titled in pencil, lower margin. No plate number.
Signed and dated in pencil, lower margin.

Discovery Information

Subject
Birds—North America—Pictorial works
Whip-poor-will—North America—Pictorial works
Ornithological illustration—19th century—Design
Pencil drawings—19th century
Crayons (drawing material)—19th century

Physical Characteristics

File Count
1

Institutional Information

Collection
Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
Holding location
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IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/2fe53c2d-822d-42cf-8bf3-2ed27a1f9cb1/manifest