Details
Title [Biblical animal collecting cards] [graphic].
Publisher [United States]
Publisher UNITED STATES. 1870
Date [ca. 1870]
Physical Description 6 prints: chromolithographs; 15 x 11 cm. (5.75 x 4.25 in.)
Description Series of six titled collecting cards depicting views of animals cited in the Old Testament of the Bible. Includes "The Bear"; "The Lion"; "The Wild Roe"; "The Wild Ass"; "The Blackbird"; and "The Wild Goat". Views contain landscape settings, including ledges, mountains, and trees. Blackbird view includes a bird's nest and lion view includes cubs. Majority of the cards also contain the Biblical passage referencing the animal depicted.
Notes Title supplied by cataloger.
Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Subject Bible O.T.
Animals.
Birds.
Landscapes (Representations)
Genre Chromolithographs -- 1860-1870.
Collecting cards -- 1860-1870.
Proofs -- 1860-1870.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| albums - Specimens Album [P.9349.58a-f]
Accession number P.9349.58a
P.9349.58b
P.9349.58c
P.9349.58d
P.9349.58e
P.9349.58f