The Nuthatch (Sitta Europaea)
published 1754
Artist, English, 1679 - 1749
Mark Catesby
Attributed to

Artwork overview
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Medium
etching and engraving with hand coloring on laid paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
plate: 35 x 25.7 cm (13 3/4 x 10 1/8 in.)
sheet: 42.1 x 29.7 cm (16 9/16 x 11 11/16 in.) -
Accession Number
1991.163.16
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Catalogue Raisonné
Natural History, Vol. vol.1, no. 22
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Dr. and Mrs. George Benjamin Green, Virginia; gift to NGA, 1991.
Associated Names
Bibliography
1771
Catesby, Mark. The Natural History of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands. London: 1771.
Inscriptions
lower left in plate: Sitta capite nigro. / The Nuthatch; lower center in plate: Quercus humilior &c. / The highland Willow Oak.; lower right in plate: Sitta capite fusco. / The Small Nuthatch.; upper left in plate: T.22.; by later hand, lower right in graphite: Marc Catesby - London . 1754
Watermarks
IHS / VILLIDARY
Wikidata ID
Q74894672