Jump to content

File:George Edwards, Brown Speckled Bird, NGA 62704.jpg

Page contents not supported in other languages.
This is a file from the Wikimedia Commons
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Original file (3,215 × 4,000 pixels, file size: 8.04 MB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

Summary

Brown Speckled Bird   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Artist
George Edwards
Title
Brown Speckled Bird
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.)
institution QS:P195,Q214867
Accession number
1983.105.5
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

Permission
(Reusing this file)
Creative Commons CC-Zero This file is made available under the Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication.
The person who associated a work with this deed has dedicated the work to the public domain by waiving all of their rights to the work worldwide under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights, to the extent allowed by law. You can copy, modify, distribute and perform the work, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission.

Licensing

Creative Commons CC-Zero This file is made available under the Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication.
The person who associated a work with this deed has dedicated the work to the public domain by waiving all of their rights to the work worldwide under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights, to the extent allowed by law. You can copy, modify, distribute and perform the work, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission.

Captions

Add a one-line explanation of what this file represents

Items portrayed in this file

depicts

File history

Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.

Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current23:15, 30 August 2019Thumbnail for version as of 23:15, 30 August 20193,215 × 4,000 (8.04 MB)Brwzpattypan 18.02

The following page uses this file:

Global file usage

The following other wikis use this file:

Metadata