The Blue Winged Shoveler (Anas clypeata foemina)
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: 34.9 x 26.2 cm (13 3/4 x 10 5/16 in.)
sheet: 40.8 x 30.3 cm (16 1/16 x 11 15/16 in.) -
Accession
1991.163.70
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Catalogue Raisonné
Natural History, Vol. vol.1, no. 96
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 left in plate (in web): MC; lower center in plate: Anas &c.; upper right in plate: T 96; by later hand, lower left in graphite: Blue Wing Shoveler Duck; by later hand, lower right in graphite: Marc Catesby-London-1754
Watermarks
LVG
Wikidata ID
Q74894988