The Little Brown Duck (Anas rustica), published 1754

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Medium

hand-colored engraving on laid paper

Dimensions

plate: 26.7 x 35.4 cm (10 1/2 x 13 15/16 in.)

sheet: 28.1 x 41.6 cm (11 1/16 x 16 3/8 in.)

Credit Line

Collection of Dr. and Mrs. George Benjamin Green

Catalogue Raisonné

Natural History, Vol. vol.1, no. 98

Accession Number

1991.163.93

Artists / Makers

Mark Catesby (artist) English, 1679 - 1749

Image Use

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Inscription

lower left in plate: MC; lower right in plate: Anas minor. upper left in plate: T 98; by later hand, lower left in graphite: The Little Brown Duck; by later hand, lower right in graphite: Marc Catesby - London. 1754 $35-

Provenance

Dr. and Mrs. George Benjamin Green, Virginia; gift to NGA, 1991.

Associated Names

Green, George Benjamin, Dr. and Mrs.

Bibliography

1771: Catesby, Mark. The Natural History of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands. London: 1771.