Fraktur depicting a black heron in front of a river. In the background are palm trees, buildings with Islamic architectural details, and tilled fields., Accessioned 1971., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of the Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
Date
1817
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *Fraktur [7974.F.12]
Block numbered in one place: 3482, also 816 on small adhesive label on back of block., Image of a large bird, likely an egret, standing in shallow water and spreading its wings., Back of block obscured by pasted-down paper.
Block numbered in two places: 1555., Image of herons [?] in a natural setting, one in the foreground, one in the background., Back of block partially obscured by pasted-down paper.