The Purple Martin (Hirundo purpurea)
published 1731-1743
Artist, English, 1679 - 1749
Mark Catesby

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: 27.6 x 35.4 cm (10 7/8 x 13 15/16 in.)
sheet: 35.6 x 51.3 cm (14 x 20 3/16 in.) -
Accession Number
1991.163.17
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Catalogue Raisonné
Natural History, Vol. vol.1, no. 51
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 center in plate: MC: lower left in plate: Smilax &c.; lower right in plate: Hirundo Purpurea. / The Purple Martin; upper right in plate: T. 51
Wikidata ID
Q74894675