The Wood Pelican (Tantalus Loculator)

published 1731-1743

Mark Catesby

Artist, English, 1679 - 1749

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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: 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.)

  • Accession

    1991.163.96

  • Catalogue Raisonné

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


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

Watermarks

fleur-de-lis in shield surmounted by crown

Wikidata ID

Q74895140


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