Psittacus minor gutture fusco, occidentalis

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series Title

A Natural History of Uncommon Birds and Animals(1749-76), 72

Medium

hand-colored etching on laid paper

Dimensions

plate: 27.1 x 20.5 cm (10 11/16 x 8 1/16 in.)

sheet: 40.8 x 25.4 cm (16 1/16 x 10 in.)

Credit Line

Collection of Dr. and Mrs. George B. Green

Accession Number

1983.105.16

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.LXXII.; across bottom in plate: G.Eduards ad viv. delin. / J.M.Seligmann excudit. / Joh.Sebast.Leitner Sculps. / Psittacus minor ...a Gorge brune