The Ground Dove (Columba passerina)
published 1731-1743
Artist, English, 1679 - 1749
Mark Catesby

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: 35.6 x 26.4 cm (14 x 10 3/8 in.)
sheet: 45.1 x 33.8 cm (17 3/4 x 13 5/16 in.) -
Accession Number
1991.163.85
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Catalogue Raisonné
Natural History, Vol. vol.1, no. 26
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: Turtur minimus guttatus. / The Ground Dove.; lower right in plate: Zanthoxylum Spinosum Lentisci folijs &c.; upper right in plate: T.26.
Watermarks
fleur-de-lis in shield surmounted by crown above letters LVG
Wikidata ID
Q74895061