The Bald Eagle (Falco leucocephalus)

probably 1743/1762

Johann Michael Seligmann

Artist, German, 1720 - 1762

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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: 20.2 x 28.7 cm (7 15/16 x 11 5/16 in.)
    sheet: 27.5 x 44 cm (10 13/16 x 17 5/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1991.163.89


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Inscriptions

across bottom in plate: AQVILA capite albo. AIGLE à tête blanche.; lower center in plate: I.M.Seligmann juxta Originale Sculps.; upper center in plate: Der Adler mit dem weiffen Kopf.; upper left in plate: Tab.II.

Watermarks

J HONIG & ZOONEN

Wikidata ID

Q74895112


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