Carolina Cuckoo, Black-billed Cuckoo, Blue Yellow-backed Warbler, and Yellow Red-poll Warbler

published 1808-1814

Alexander Lawson

Artist, American, 1773 - 1846

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    hand-colored engraving with etching on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Collection of Dr. and Mrs. George Benjamin Green

  • Dimensions

    plate: 32.7 x 25.2 cm (12 7/8 x 9 15/16 in.)
    sheet: 40 x 29.7 cm (15 3/4 x 11 11/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1991.163.12

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Dr. and Mrs. George Benjamin Green, Virginia; gift to NGA, 1991.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

lower left in plate: Drawn from Nature by A. Wilson.; lower right in plate: Engraved by A.Lawson.; across bottom in plate: 1.Carolina Cuckoo. 2.Black-billed C. 3.Blue Yellow-backed Warbler. 4.Yellow Red-poll W.; lower right in plate: 28

Wikidata ID

Q74894639

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