Pheasant.

PrinterPrinted by E.B. & E.C. Kellogg American, 1840 - 1867

PublisherPublished by E.B. & E.C. Kellogg American, 1840 - 1867

Date1840-1844

MediumLithography; printer's ink and watercolor on wove paper

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Credit LineConnecticut Museum of Culture and History collection

DescriptionA large game bird, apparently a ruffed grouse and not a pheasant, is seen in profile facing left. The individual feathers are delineated in great detail. A moss-covered log is at the left. A grassy field is at the right. Trees are in the left background.

Object number1995.182.103

InscribedOn recto: Lithographed title beneath image: "PHEASANT."
On verso: Inscribed in pencil, upper left: "Drawer 4 [?] #1" "Print Box 1 / #5" [crossed out]; upper left margin: "A. Hills"; lower left: "consv CPC"; right center: "11 1/4 x 14 7/8" and old and new accession number; lower right: "Dwr 12".

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