The Tropic Bird (Phaeton aethereus)
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: 21.9 x 37.5 cm (8 5/8 x 14 3/4 in.)
sheet: 24.4 x 39.1 cm (9 5/8 x 15 3/8 in.) -
Accession
1991.163.15
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. delin.; lower right in plate: I.M.Seligmann Sc. et exud.; across bottom in plate: Avis Tropicorum. L'Oiseau des Tropiques. No.111.Wter Theil. Larus minimus marinus,naribus tubulatis. Le Pinfon de Mer,ou de tempete.; lower center in plate: C.P.S.C.Maj.; center right in plate: Die HeinsteMeme mit röhrenförmigen Hafenlöchern.; upper left in plate: Der Tropicvogel.; upper right in plate: Tab. CXI.
Watermarks
J HONIG & ZOONEN
Wikidata ID
Q74894668