Wood Ibis, Scarlet Ibis, Flamingo, and White Ibis

published 1808-1814

John G. Warnicke after Alexander Wilson

Associated Names
John G. Warnicke

Artist, American, died 1818

Alexander Wilson

Artist After, American, 1766 - 1813

This is a drawing of various bird species along a body of water. The drawing portrays four birds standing on the ground next to water, with grasses around them. The birds are distinct, with unique colors and features. On the left stands a large bird with white plumage, gray-blue face, and long, yellow legs and bill. The two central birds are flamingos, one vibrant red with a prominent beak, and the other also red, bent over. To the right, a smaller white bird with subtle black and red accents stands with its long bill slightly curved. In the background, a lake stretches out, bordered by a horizon of distant land under a sky with clouds.

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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: 25.9 x 33.7 cm (10 3/16 x 13 1/4 in.)
    sheet: 28.1 x 36.4 cm (11 1/16 x 14 5/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1991.163.106


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 A. Wilson; lower right in plate: Engraved by J.G.Warnicke; across bottom in plate: 1. Wood Ibis. 2. Scarlet I. 4. Flamingo. 3. White Ibis.; lower center in plate: 66

Wikidata ID

Q74895222

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