A. MAJOR. Bird’s-eye View of the Great Suspension Bridge connecting the cities of New York and Brooklyn. 1883 natural history (edges chipped and expertly renewed

(edges chipped and expertly renewed affecting areas of the neatline)

While Besler’s work is obviously motivated by a scientific impulse to document and describe a remarkable collection of species

Purple Grackle or Common Crow Blackbird

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such as elaborate cartouches and depictions of indigenous peoples and fauna

A. MAJOR. Bird’s-eye View of the Great Suspension Bridge connecting the cities of New York and Brooklyn. 1883 natural history (edges chipped and expertly renewedA. MAJOR. Birds eye View of the Great Suspension Bridge connecting the cities of New York and Brooklyn Lithograph with original hand color Washington: Franklin Square Lithographic Company in the office of the Librarian of Congress, for the Judge Publishing Company, 1883 21 18 x 37 18 visible, 29 34 x 45 34 framed Fine large view of the Brooklyn Bridge looking southeast towards Brooklyn, celebrating the completion of the Bridge on May 24, 1883. The