Alexander Wilson. Author of the American Ornithology.

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• ARTIST: Charles Willson Peale

• PUBLISHER: Published in Port Folio, Vol. IV No. V. by Oliver Oldschool (Joseph Dennie).

• MEDIUM: Copper engraving,

  DATE: 1814

• EDITION SIZE: Image size 3 3/4 x 3 3/16" (98 x 81 mm).

• DESCRIPTION: Oval portrait - inscribed "Peale Pinx" and "D. Edwin Sc.". Alexander Wilson (1766-1813) was the first American ornithologist. David Edwin (1776-1841) came to America from England in the late 18th century and worked with Edward Savage.

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• CONDITION: Good condition.

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• CATEGORIES: 18th-19th Century Subjects , Portraits , Scientists & Philosophers