Inscription
lower left in plate: Gallinula Americana; lower center in plate: MC; lower right in plate: Gentiana &c.; lower right in plate: MC; by later hand, lower left in graphite: The Sora or Rail; by later hand, lower right in graphite: Virginie[?]
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.