Green Heron, Night Heron, Young Heron, and Great White Heron

published 1808-1814

John G. Warnicke

Artist, American, died 1818

John G. Warnicke after Alexander Wilson

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    hand-colored engraving with etching on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Collection of Dr. and Mrs. George Benjamin Green

  • Dimensions

    plate: 33 x 26.2 cm (13 x 10 5/16 in.)
    sheet: 47.1 x 32.5 cm (18 9/16 x 12 13/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1991.163.31

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Inscriptions

lower left in plate: Drawn from Nature by A.Wilson; lower right in plate: Engraved by J.G. Warnicke; across bottom in plate: 1. Green Heron. 2. Night H. 3. Young. 4. Great White H.; lower center in plate: 61; by later hand, lower right in graphite: 40_

Watermarks

present but not identified

Wikidata ID

Q74894745

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