The Buffel's Head Duck (Anas bucephala)
published 1731-1743
Artist, English, 1679 - 1749

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: 26.4 x 35.1 cm (10 3/8 x 13 13/16 in.)
sheet: 35.9 x 51.9 cm (14 1/8 x 20 7/16 in.) -
Accession
1991.163.20
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Catalogue Raisonné
Natural History, Vol. vol.1, no. 95
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 right in plate: Anas &c.; upper right in plate: T 95; by later hand, lower left in graphite: Catesby 1731
Watermarks
fleur-de-lis in shield surmounted by crown
Wikidata ID
Q74894685