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Summary
Brown Speckled Bird
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| Artist |
George Edwards |
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| Title |
Brown Speckled Bird |
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| Medium | hand-colored etching on laid paper | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions |
plate: 23.7 x 18.9 cm (9 5/16 x 7 7/16 in.) sheet: 29.3 x 22.9 cm (11 9/16 x 9 in.) |
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| Collection |
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| Accession number |
1983.105.5 |
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| Credit line | Collection of Dr. and Mrs. George B. Green | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notes | This plate was published by Edwards in 1750 with the title "The Long-tailed Grous from Hudson’s-Bay" See: Edwards, George (1750). A Natural History of Uncommon Birds. Part I. London: Printed for the author at the College of Physicians. Plate 117. Carl Linnaeus introduced the binomial name Tetrao phasianellus in 1758 and cited this plate. The English name is now sharp-tailed grouse (Tympanuchus phasianellus) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Source/Photographer |
https://purl.org/nga/collection/artobject/62704
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