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Mark Catesby: English, 1679 - 1749

The Purple Martin (Hirundo purpurea)
published 1731-1743: hand-colored engraving on laid paper; 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.); Natural History, Vol. vol.1, no. 51; Collection of Dr. and Mrs. George Benjamin Green; 1991.163.17; Not on View

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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

Provenance

Dr. and Mrs. George Benjamin Green, Virginia; gift to NGA, 1991.

Bibliography

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