The Swallow Tail Hawk (Falco furcatus), published 1754

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Medium

etching and engraving with hand coloring on laid paper

Dimensions

plate: 37.9 x 26.4 cm (14 15/16 x 10 3/8 in.)

sheet: 43.5 x 30.8 cm (17 1/8 x 12 1/8 in.)

Credit Line

Collection of Dr. and Mrs. George Benjamin Green

Catalogue Raisonné

Natural History, Vol. vol.1, no. 4

Accession Number

1991.163.33

Artists / Makers

Mark Catesby (artist) English, 1679 - 1749

Image Use

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Inscription

upper right in plate: Accepiter cauda forcipater furcata. T.4. / The Swallow-tail'd Hawk.; by later hand, lower right in graphite: Marc Catesby - London 1754

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Green, George Benjamin, Dr. and Mrs.

Bibliography

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