Great Black Woodpecker (Dryocopus martius)
Artist, British, 1804 - 1881
Artist, British (?), active 1841 - active c. 1881
John Gould and H.C. Richter
Attributed to
Artwork overview
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Medium
hand-colored lithograph on wove paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
sheet: 55.9 x 37.9 cm (22 x 14 15/16 in.)
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Accession Number
1991.163.55
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Dr. and Mrs. George Benjamin Green, Virginia; gift to NGA, 1991.
Associated Names
Inscriptions
lower left in plate: J.Gould & H.C.Richter, del et lith.; lower center in plate: DRYOCOPUS MARTIUS.; lower right in plate: Walter, Imp.; by later hand, lower left in graphite: Great Black Woodpecker
Wikidata ID
Q74894897