The Finch Creeper (Parus americanus)

published 1731-1743

Mark Catesby

Associated Names
Mark Catesby

Artist, English, 1679 - 1749

The largest objects in the image are green leaves, a blue and yellow bird, and white bell-shaped flowers. The color palette includes shades of green, blue, yellow, brown, white, and hints of pink and orange. The plant occupies the center and left portion of the image with large, elongated leaves, while the bird is positioned to the right, perched on a branch. White flowers are distributed along the branches beside the bird.

Media Options

This object’s media is free and in the public domain. Read our full Open Access policy for images.
Not on view See artworks now on view

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 26.2 cm (13 7/8 x 10 5/16 in.)
    sheet: 50.6 x 34.8 cm (19 15/16 x 13 11/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1991.163.88

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Natural History, Vol. vol.1, no. 64

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 center in plate: MC; lower left in plate: Frutex &c.; lower right in plate: Parus ffringillaris; upper right in plate: T.64; by later hand, across bottom in graphite: viii/SV Catesby 1743 25.-

Watermarks

fleur-de-lis

Wikidata ID

Q74895091

You may be interested in

Loading Results