The Wood Pelican (Tantalus Loculator), published 1731-1743

Not on View

etching and engraving with hand coloring on laid paper

plate: 37.3 x 26.2 cm (14 11/16 x 10 5/16 in.)

sheet: 51.3 x 35.9 cm (20 3/16 x 14 1/8 in.)

Natural History, Vol. vol.1, no. 81

1991.163.96

Mark Catesby (artist) English, 1679 - 1749

lower left in plate: Pelicanus Sylvaticus. / The Wood Pelican.; upper left in plate: T 81

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

Green, George Benjamin, Dr. and Mrs.

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