The Yellow Titmouse (Motacilla trochilus), published 1754

Not on View

Medium

etching and engraving with hand coloring on laid paper

Dimensions

plate: 35.2 x 26.4 cm (13 7/8 x 10 3/8 in.)

sheet: 40.2 x 28.4 cm (15 13/16 x 11 3/16 in.)

Credit Line

Collection of Dr. and Mrs. George Benjamin Green

Catalogue Raisonné

Natural History, Vol. vol.1, no. 63

Accession Number

1991.163.69

Artists / Makers

Mark Catesby (artist) English, 1679 - 1749

Image Use

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Inscription

lower right in plate: MC; lower right in plate: Laurus Carolinensis; lower left in plate: Parus luteus; upper left in plate: 63; by later hand, lower left in graphite: Yellow Titmouse; by later hand, lower right in graphite: Marc Catesby-London-1754

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.