Watercolors of Birds of the Pacific Slope [graphic], 1853-1869

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Watercolors of Birds of the Pacific Slope [graphic], 1853-1869

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Various birds from California and Mexico, identified by scientific and common name.

Number of items: 155 watercolor drawings (in 15 oversize boxes)

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Bancroft Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6665547

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Grayson, Andrew Jackson, 1818-1869

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Biography Andrew Jackson Grayson was born in 1819 on the family plantation In Louisiana. Subject to frequent illness he was permitted by his parents to occupy much of his time as he pleased. As a result he passed many of his days in the nearby woods hunting small game and observing birds and other wildlife. He attended a local school until the teacher found him drawing birds during class and told his father. He was promptly sent to college in...