The Crested Flycatcher (Muscicapa cristata)

published 1754

Mark Catesby

Artist, English, 1679 - 1749

Media Options

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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: 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

  • 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


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