The Nuthatch (Sitta Europaea)

published 1754

Mark Catesby

Artist, English, 1679 - 1749

Mark Catesby

Attributed to

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and engraving with hand coloring on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Collection of Dr. and Mrs. George Benjamin Green

  • 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

  • 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


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