The Little Black Bullfinch (Rubicilla minor nigra)
probably 1743/1762
Johann Michael Seligmann
Artist, German, 1720 - 1762
Mark Catesby
Artist After, English, 1679 - 1749
Johann Michael Seligmann after Mark Catesby
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Artwork overview
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Medium
etching and engraving with hand coloring on laid paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
plate: 29.4 × 21.8 cm (11 9/16 × 8 9/16 in.)
sheet: 40.8 × 24 cm (16 1/16 × 9 7/16 in.) -
Accession Number
1973.26.14
Artwork history & notes
Inscriptions
lower right in plate: J. M. Seligmann Sculps.; lower left in plate: M. Catesby ad viv. delin.; across bottom in plate: Rubicilla minor nigra. No. 36.III Theil. Petit Rouge-queüe noir.
Wikidata ID
Q65572374