The Ground Dove (Columba passerina)

published 1731-1743

Mark Catesby

Associated Names
Mark Catesby

Artist, English, 1679 - 1749

The image shows a branch with green leaves and small, round fruits at the top. A bird known as "The Ground Dove" with brown feathers is pictured on the left side of the image. The color scheme includes green, brown, and beige tones.

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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: 35.6 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

  • 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

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