The Fieldfare of Carolina (Turdus migratorius)

published 1731-1743

Mark Catesby

Artist, English, 1679 - 1749

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and engraving with hand coloring on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Collection of Dr. and Mrs. George Benjamin Green

  • Dimensions

    plate: 26 x 34.4 cm (10 1/4 x 13 9/16 in.)
    sheet: 36.4 x 50.8 cm (14 5/16 x 20 in.)

  • Accession

    1991.163.35

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Natural History, Vol. vol.1, no. 29


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

lower left in plate: T.29.; lower left in plate: Turdus pilaris,migratorius. / The Fieldfare.; lower left in plate: Aristolochia &c. / The Snake-root.

Watermarks

present but not identified [WHATMAN?]

Wikidata ID

Q74894792


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