The Hooping Crane (Ardea Americana), published 1731-1743

Not on View

hand-colored engraving on laid paper

plate: 26.2 x 35.1 cm (10 5/16 x 13 13/16 in.)

sheet: 34.8 x 50.2 cm (13 11/16 x 19 3/4 in.)

Natural History, Vol. vol.1, no. 75

1991.163.37

Mark Catesby (artist) English, 1679 - 1749

lower left in plate: Grus Americana Alba; lower center in plate: MC; lower right in plate: Prunus &c.; upper right in plate: T.75

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

Green, George Benjamin, Dr. and Mrs.

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