The Hooping Crane (Ardea Americana)
published 1731-1743
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: 26.2 x 35.1 cm (10 5/16 x 13 13/16 in.)
sheet: 34.8 x 50.2 cm (13 11/16 x 19 3/4 in.) -
Accession
1991.163.37
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Catalogue Raisonné
Natural History, Vol. vol.1, no. 75
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: Grus Americana Alba; lower center in plate: MC; lower right in plate: Prunus &c.; upper right in plate: T.75
Wikidata ID
Q74894799