Louisiana Heron, Pied Oyster-catcher, Hooping Crane, and Long-billed Curlew, published 1808-1814

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Medium

hand-colored engraving with etching on wove paper

Dimensions

plate: 33.5 x 26.2 cm (13 3/16 x 10 5/16 in.)

sheet: 47.1 x 32.2 cm (18 9/16 x 12 11/16 in.)

Credit Line

Collection of Dr. and Mrs. George Benjamin Green

Accession Number

1991.163.32

Artists / Makers

John G. Warnicke (artist) American, died 1818

Alexander Wilson (artist after) American, 1766 - 1813

Image Use

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Inscription

lower left in plate: Drawn from Nature by A.Wilson; lower right in plate: Engraved by A. Lawson.; across bottom in plate: 1. Louisiana Heron. 2. Pied Oyster-catcher. 3. Hooping Crane. 4. Long billed Curlew; lower right in plate: 64; by later hand, lower right in graphite: 45_

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Green, George Benjamin, Dr. and Mrs.