Young Yellow-bellied Woodpeckers and Band-tailed Pigeon

Alexander Lawson

Artist, American, 1773 - 1846

Media Options

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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: 34.8 x 27.1 cm (13 11/16 x 10 11/16 in.)
    sheet: 37.6 x 29.1 cm (14 13/16 x 11 7/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1991.163.104


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. and 2. Young Yellow-bellied Woodpeckers. / Picus Varius. / 3. Band-tailed Pigeon. / Columba Fasciata.

Wikidata ID

Q74895198


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