The Yellow Titmouse (Motacilla trochilus)

published 1754

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: 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.)

  • Accession

    1991.163.69

  • Catalogue Raisonné

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


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: 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

Watermarks

fleur-de-lis in shield surmounted by crown over LVG

Wikidata ID

Q74894969


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