Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi

42 (no. 3)

Artist Johann Leonhard Frisch (German, 1666 - 1743)

Date1817

MediumEngraving, hand colored, on paper

ClassificationsPrints

Credit LineMuseum purchase, funds provided by Ben M. Carter in honor of Enrique R. Anderson (Class of '95) and Family

Object number2014.38.33

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PRINTS AND DRAWINGS BEFORE 1850

DescriptionA bird with black-brown speckles on its white head, neck, chest, and belly, with light brown wings, back, and tail, stands on a rock on a patch of land. Plate 42 from "Vorsstellung der Vogel in Deutschland und beilaufig auch einiger Fremden nach ihrer Eigenschaften beschrieben," Berlin, 1817.