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The Bird of Washington or Great American Sea Eagle

Date: 1827
Medium: Engraving, etching, and aquatint printed in black ink, colored by hand on wove paper
Dimensions: Image: 35 1/2 x 21 1/2 in. (90.1 x 54.6 cm) Sheet (trimmed inside platemark): 37 5/8 x 24 3/4 in. (64.1 x 96.8 cm) Frame: 45 3/4 x 33 x 1 1/2 in. (116.2 x 83.8 x 3.8 cm)
Department: Prints, Drawings & Photographs
Classification: Prints
Credit: Founders Society Purchase with funds from Mr. and Mrs. Edgar B. Whitcomb
Accession No.: 46.126
Keywords: intaglio, paper, engraving, animalia

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