Psittacus minor viridis cauda longiore Occidentalis

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series Title

A Natural History of Uncommon Birds and Animals(1749-76), 70

Medium

hand-colored etching on laid paper

Dimensions

plate: 26.7 x 20.1 cm (10 1/2 x 7 15/16 in.)

sheet: 44 x 27.4 cm (17 5/16 x 10 13/16 in.)

Credit Line

Collection of Dr. and Mrs. George B. Green

Accession Number

1983.105.15

Artists / Makers

Johann Sebastian Leitner (artist) German, 1715 - 1795

George Edwards (artist after) English, 1694 - 1773

Image Use

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Inscription

across top in plate: (title) / Tab.LXX.; across bottom in plate: G.Eduards ad viv.delin. / J.M.Seligmann excudit. / Sebast.Leitner jun.Sculps. / Psittacus minor ... a longue Queue.