The Yellow and Black Pye (Oriolus Icterus)

published 1731-1743

Mark Catesby

Artist, English, 1679 - 1749

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and engraving with hand coloring on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Collection of Dr. and Mrs. Benjamin Green

  • Dimensions

    plate: 35.5 x 26 cm (14 x 10 1/4 in.)
    sheet: 41.9 x 33.1 cm (16 1/2 x 13 1/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1991.117.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Natural History, Vol. appendix, no. 5


Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1771

  • Catesby, Mark. The Natural History of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands. London: 1771.

Inscriptions

center left in plate: MC, upper left in plate: 5; lower right verso in graphite: a 90129 / ND

Wikidata ID

Q74893873


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