Bufo the First. - YCBA Collections Search

Creator:: Rorer, Abigail
Title(s):: Bufo the First.
Published/Created:: Petersham, Massachusetts : Lone Oak Press, 2005.
Physical Description:: 1 print : hand-colored relief engraving ; image 6.2 x 7.7 cm
Holdings:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Burnett M.R62
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David Burnett
Accessible in the Study Room [Request]
Copyright Status:: © Abigail Rorer
Full Orbis Record:: http://hdl.handle.net/10079/alma/99140642693408651
Classification:: Prints
Notes:: Printed in an edition of 50 copies.
Of green leaf, bird, and flower: artists' books and the natural world, p. 207
BAC: British Art Center copy is no. 16 of an edition of 50. Titled, numbered, and signed by the artist, in graphite.
A depiction of the toad "Bufo the First" as described in Henry David Thoreau's journal entry of May 1, 1857. The image was also used in: Of woodland pools, spring-holes & ditches : excerpts from the journal of Henry David Thoreau (Lone Oak Press, 2005).
Subject Terms:: Thoreau, Henry David, 1817–1862. Journal.
Toads.
Form/Genre:: Relief prints.
Contributors:: Thoreau, Henry David, 1817–1862. Of woodland pools, spring-holes & ditches.
Burnett, David, 1937–2023 donor.
Lone Oak Press (Petersham, Mass.), publisher.
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"Of Green Leaf, Bird, and Flower" : Artists' Books and the Natural World (Yale Center for British Art, May 15, 2014-August 10, 2014) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]

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