The Purple Martin (Hirundo purpurea), published 1731-1743

Not on View

Medium

hand-colored engraving on laid paper

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.)

Credit Line

Accession Number

1991.163.17

Artists / Makers

Mark Catesby (artist) English, 1679 - 1749

Image Use

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

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

Green, George Benjamin, Dr. and Mrs.

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