The Crested Flycatcher (Muscicapa cristata), published 1754

Not on View

Medium

etching and engraving with hand coloring on laid paper

Dimensions

plate: 35.2 x 26.2 cm (13 7/8 x 10 5/16 in.)

sheet: 41.3 x 29.7 cm (16 1/4 x 11 11/16 in.)

Credit Line

Collection of Dr. and Mrs. George Benjamin Green

Catalogue Raisonné

Natural History, Vol. vol.1, no. 52

Accession Number

1991.163.61

Artists / Makers

Mark Catesby (artist) English, 1679 - 1749

Image Use

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Inscription

lower right in plate: MC; lower right in plate: Muscicapa cristata. / The crefted Flycatcher; lower left in plate: Smilax &c.; upper right in plate: T. 52; by later hand, lower right in graphite: Marc Catesby - London. 1754 60-

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.