Philadelphia · engraved & hand-colored The Specimen Folio Plate XXIV · 1808
Drawn from life, washed by hand

Cardinal &
Warbler, plated.

Crimson and slate, laid over engraved hairlines on grey-buff plate paper foxed by two centuries — never bright cream.

1Cardinalis virginianuscrimson, male
2Sylvia striataslate, masked
3Dendroica olivaceaolive, twig
1 Cardinalis virginianus

Hand-colored copperplate — Pl. XXIV, drawn after specimens

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