The Bald Eagle (Falco leucocephalus)
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: 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