The Hooping Crane (Ardea Americana)

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: 26.2 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

  • 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


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