Carolina Cuckoo, Black-billed Cuckoo, Blue Yellow-backed Warbler, and Yellow Red-poll Warbler, published 1808-1814

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Medium

hand-colored engraving with etching on wove paper

Dimensions

plate: 32.7 x 25.2 cm (12 7/8 x 9 15/16 in.)

sheet: 40 x 29.7 cm (15 3/4 x 11 11/16 in.)

Credit Line

Collection of Dr. and Mrs. George Benjamin Green

Accession Number

1991.163.12

Artists / Makers

Alexander Lawson (artist) American, 1773 - 1846

Alexander Wilson (artist after) American, 1766 - 1813

Image Use

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Inscription

lower left in plate: Drawn from Nature by A. Wilson.; lower right in plate: Engraved by A.Lawson.; across bottom in plate: 1.Carolina Cuckoo. 2.Black-billed C. 3.Blue Yellow-backed Warbler. 4.Yellow Red-poll W.; lower right in plate: 28

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Green, George Benjamin, Dr. and Mrs.