Green Heron, Night Heron, Young Heron, and Great White Heron
published 1808-1814
John G. Warnicke after Alexander Wilson
Artist, American, died 1818
Artist After, American, 1766 - 1813
Artwork overview
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Medium
hand-colored engraving with etching on wove paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
plate: 33 x 26.2 cm (13 x 10 5/16 in.)
sheet: 47.1 x 32.5 cm (18 9/16 x 12 13/16 in.) -
Accession Number
1991.163.31
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 J.G. Warnicke; across bottom in plate: 1. Green Heron. 2. Night H. 3. Young. 4. Great White H.; lower center in plate: 61; by later hand, lower right in graphite: 40_
Watermarks
present but not identified
Wikidata ID
Q74894745