The Crested Flycatcher (Muscicapa cristata)
published 1754
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: 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.) -
Accession
1991.163.61
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Catalogue Raisonné
Natural History, Vol. vol.1, no. 52
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 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-
Watermarks
IHS IVILLEDARY
Wikidata ID
Q74894932