The Yellow Throated Creeper

published 1754

Mark Catesby

Artist, English, 1679 - 1749

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and engraving with hand coloring on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Collection of Dr. and Mrs. George Benjamin Green

  • Dimensions

    plate: 35.4 x 26.2 cm (13 15/16 x 10 5/16 in.)
    sheet: 41.4 x 28.3 cm (16 5/16 x 11 1/8 in.)

  • Accession

    1991.163.62

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Natural History, Vol. vol.1, no. 62

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Bibliography

1771

  • Catesby, Mark. The Natural History of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands. London: 1771.

Inscriptions

lower right in plate: MC; lower right in plate: Acer &c; lower left in plate: Parus &c.; upper right in plate: T. 62; by later hand, lower left in graphite: Yellow Throated Creeper; by later hand, lower right in graphite: Marc Catesby-London. 1754 60-

Watermarks

IHS IVILLEDARY

Wikidata ID

Q74894935

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