The Bodleian Plate is a copperplate depicting several colonial buildings of 18th-century Williamsburg, Virginia, as well as several types of native flora, fauna, and American Indians. Following its 1929 rediscovery in the archives of the Bodleian Library, it was used extensively in John D. Rockefeller Jr.'s reconstruction of Colonial Williamsburg. The plate has been tied to Williamsburg resident William Byrd II and may have been produced by English illustrator Eleazar Albin and engraver John Carwitham.[1] It is dated to the 1730s.[2]
- ^ "Illustration of Williamsburg buildings, flora and fauna (not titled)". The Art Museums of Colonial Williamsburg. Williamsburg, Virginia: Colonial Williamsburg. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
- ^ Lengel, Edward G. (2020). Colonial Williamsburg: The Story from the Colonial Era to the Restoration. Williamsburg, VA: Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. p. 30. ISBN 9780879352981.