The Nuthatch (Sitta Europaea), published 1754

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Medium

hand-colored engraving on laid paper

Dimensions

plate: 35 x 25.7 cm (13 3/4 x 10 1/8 in.)

sheet: 42.1 x 29.7 cm (16 9/16 x 11 11/16 in.)

Credit Line

Collection of Dr. and Mrs. George Benjamin Green

Catalogue Raisonné

Natural History, Vol. vol.1, no. 22

Accession Number

1991.163.16

Artists / Makers

Mark Catesby (artist) English, 1679 - 1749

Image Use

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Inscription

lower left in plate: Sitta capite nigro. / The Nuthatch; lower center in plate: Quercus humilior &c. / The highland Willow Oak.; lower right in plate: Sitta capite fusco. / The Small Nuthatch.; upper left in plate: T.22.; by later hand, lower right in graphite: Marc Catesby - London . 1754

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Green, George Benjamin, Dr. and Mrs.

Bibliography

1771: Catesby, Mark. The Natural History of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands. London: 1771.