print email comment close Beautiful Birds: Masterpieces From the Hill Ornithology Collection, Cornell University Library URL: http://rmc.library.cornell.edu/ornithology/ Description: This site "traces the development of ornithological illustration in the 18th and 19th centuries and highlights the changing techniques — from metal and wood engraving to chromolithography — during that period." Includes an exhibition, timeline of artists and authors, a guide to the ornithological collections at Cornell University libraries, and a bibliography. Searchable. Publisher: Cornell University Library Library of Congress Subject Headings: Birds in art Cornell University. Libraries Libraries -- Special collections Ornithological illustration LII Database Information: Record 3221 created by Naomi Eichenlaub on 04/18/2005 Last modification on 05/05/2005 Published: 04/18/2005   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/3221