The Purple Martin (Hirundo purpurea)

published 1731-1743

Mark Catesby

Artist, English, 1679 - 1749

Mark Catesby

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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: 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

  • 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


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