Swallow-tailed Flycatcher, Arkansas Flycatcher, Say's Flycatcher, and Female Golden-crested Wren

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Medium

hand-colored engraving with etching on wove paper

Dimensions

plate: 33.2 x 25.7 cm (13 1/16 x 10 1/8 in.)

sheet: 37.5 x 29.4 cm (14 3/4 x 11 9/16 in.)

Credit Line

Collection of Dr. and Mrs. George Benjamin Green

Accession Number

1991.163.102

Artists / Makers

Alexander Lawson (artist) American, 1773 - 1846

Titian Ramsay Peale (artist after) American, 1799 - 1885

Image Use

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Inscription

lower left in plate: Drawn from Nature by Titian R. Peale.; lower right in plate: Engraved by Alexander Lawson.; across bottom in plate: 1. / Swallow tailed Flycatcher. / Muscicapa Forficata. / 2. / Arkansaw Flycatcher. / Muscicapa Verticalis. / 3. / Say's Flycatcher. / Muscicapa Saya / 4. / Female Golden crested Wien. / Regulus Cristatus.; by later hand, lower right in graphite: 15-

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Green, George Benjamin, Dr. and Mrs.