Aesthetics for Birds: Institutions, Artist-Naturalists, and Printmakers in American Ornithologies, from Alexander Wilson to John Cassin
In this project I explore the development of bird illustrations in early American natural history publication. I follow three groups in Philadelphia from 1812 to 1858: institutions, artist-naturalists, and printmakers. Each of these groups modeled a certain normative vision of illustration, promotin...
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Virginia Tech
2017
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10919/78171 http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-10202014-111323/ |