Cornell University Birds/Ornithology Prints Louisiana and the Missouri Territory

Louisiana and the Missouri Territory

Other than the mouth of the Mississippi

Catlin's project filled a great need

first issued in 1847

His remarkable ambition and artistic talent culminated in the publication of the monumental Birds of America in 1827-38

Cornell University Birds/Ornithology Prints Louisiana and the Missouri TerritoryRichard Rummell Cornell University Re strike engraving from the original plate (c. 1913). Printed on heavy woven paper and hand colored. At the turn of the century, Littig & Company commissioned the accomplished artist Richard Rummell (1848 1924) to create watercolors of some of the nations most prestigious colleges. From these watercolors, copper plates were engraved and a limited number of pulls (engravings) were distributed. Unlike other college