Fork-tailed Flycatcher, Rocky Mountain Anteater, and Female Golden-winged Warbler

Alexander Lawson

Artist, American, 1773 - 1846

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    hand-colored engraving with etching on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Collection of Dr. and Mrs. George Benjamin Green

  • Dimensions

    plate: 34.6 x 26.2 cm (13 5/8 x 10 5/16 in.)
    sheet: 37.6 x 28.9 cm (14 13/16 x 11 3/8 in.)

  • Accession

    1991.163.103

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Inscriptions

lower left in plate: Drawn from Nature by Titian R. Peale.; lower right in plate: Engraved by Alexander Lawson.; across bottom in plate: 1. Fork-tailed Flycatcher. / Muscicapa Savana. / 2. Rocky Mountain Anteater. / Myiothera Obsoleta. / 3. Female Golden-winged Warbler. / Sylvia Chrysoptera.

Wikidata ID

Q74895197

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