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

Alexander Lawson after Titian Ramsay Peale

Associated Names
Alexander Lawson

Artist, American, 1773 - 1846

Titian Ramsay Peale

Artist After, American, 1799 - 1885

The image shows four birds perched on tree branches. The largest bird has a gray head, white throat, and long tail. Below it, a bird with gray to yellow feathers is perched. Another bird with chocolate brown plumage is on the right side. The smallest bird has green-yellow feathers with a black and yellow crest, perched on the upper left. The color palette includes shades of brown, gray, yellow, red, and green. The branches crisscross, supporting the birds in different orientations.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    hand-colored engraving with etching on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Collection of Dr. and Mrs. George Benjamin Green

  • 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.)

  • Accession Number

    1991.163.102

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Inscriptions

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-

Wikidata ID

Q74895193

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