The Red Legged Thrush (Turdus plumbeus)

published 1731-1743

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: 25.7 x 35.2 cm (10 1/8 x 13 7/8 in.)
    sheet: 34.8 x 42.5 cm (13 11/16 x 16 3/4 in.)

  • Accession

    1991.163.92

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Natural History, Vol. vol.1, no. 30


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 left in plate: Teribinthus Major. &c. / The Gum-Elimy tree.; lower right in plate: Turdus viscivorus plumbeus / The red-leg'd Thrush.; upper left in plate: T. 30

Watermarks

IHS IVILLEDARY

Wikidata ID

Q74895122


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