The Red Bellied Woodpecker (Picus Carolinus)
probably 1743/1762
Artist, German, 1720 - 1762

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: 29.5 x 21.8 cm (11 5/8 x 8 9/16 in.)
sheet: 27.1 x 44 cm (10 11/16 x 17 5/16 in.) -
Accession
1991.163.14
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Dr. and Mrs. George Benjamin Green, Virginia; gift to NGA, 1991.
Associated Names
Inscriptions
lower left in plate: M.Catesby ad viv. del.; lower right in plate: I.M.Seligmann Sculp. et excud.; lower left in plate: PICVS ventre rubro. PIVERD a ventre rouge.; lower right in plate: PICVS medius quasi villosus. PIVERD velu.; lower center in plate: 38.; center left in plate: Quercus (forte) / Marilandica folio trifido / ad Sassafras accedente. Raji Hilt.; upper left in plate: Tab.XXXVIII.; upper center in plate: Der Specht mit dem rothen Leib.; upper right in plate: Der haarige Specht.
Wikidata ID
Q74894665