University of Chicago Cartographer_John Ross for the east

for the east

Watercolor for plate 77: “Bird of Paradise” Strelitzia reginae

1614-1685)

Their food while on the Columbia is fish almost exclusively

University of Chicago Cartographer_John Ross for the eastRichard Rummell University of Chicago Re strike engraving from the original plate (c. 1913). Printed on heavy woven paper and hand colored. Plate size: 17 1 4 x 29 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