The Red Winged Starling (Oriolus phoeniceus), published 1754

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Medium

hand-colored engraving on laid paper

Dimensions

plate: 26.5 x 35.4 cm (10 7/16 x 13 15/16 in.)

sheet: 30.8 x 42.9 cm (12 1/8 x 16 7/8 in.)

Credit Line

Collection of Dr. and Mrs. George Benjamin Green

Catalogue Raisonné

Natural History, Vol. vol.1, no. 13

Accession Number

1991.163.34

Artists / Makers

Mark Catesby (artist) English, 1679 - 1749

Image Use

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Inscription

lower right in plate: Myrtus Brabantica Similis Caroliniensis / humilior; folijs latioribus, et magis serratis. / The broad leaved candle-berry Myrtle.; upper right in plate: Sturnus niger alis supernis rubro colore. / The red Wing'd Starling.; upper left in plate: T.13.; 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.