The Purple Jack Daw (Gracula Quiscula)

published 1731-1743

Mark Catesby

Artist, English, 1679 - 1749

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and engraving with hand coloring on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Dr. and Mrs. George Benjamin Green

  • Dimensions

    plate: 26 × 35 cm (10 1/4 × 13 3/4 in.)
    sheet: 36 × 52.8 cm (14 3/16 × 20 13/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1973.26.20

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Natural History, Vol. vol.1, no. 12


Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1771

  • Catesby, Mark. The Natural History of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands. London: 1771.

Watermarks

JWHATMAN?

Wikidata ID

Q65574787


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