The Swallow Tail Hawk (Falco furcatus)
published 1754
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: 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.) -
Accession
1991.163.33
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Catalogue Raisonné
Natural History, Vol. vol.1, no. 4
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
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
Watermarks
IHS / VILLIDARY
Wikidata ID
Q74894764