The Yellow Throated Creeper, published 1754

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Medium

hand-colored engraving on laid paper

Dimensions

plate: 35.4 x 26.2 cm (13 15/16 x 10 5/16 in.)

sheet: 41.4 x 28.3 cm (16 5/16 x 11 1/8 in.)

Credit Line

Collection of Dr. and Mrs. George Benjamin Green

Catalogue Raisonné

Natural History, Vol. vol.1, no. 62

Accession Number

1991.163.62

Artists / Makers

Mark Catesby (artist) English, 1679 - 1749

Image Use

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Inscription

lower right in plate: MC; lower right in plate: Acer &c; lower left in plate: Parus &c.; upper right in plate: T. 62; by later hand, lower left in graphite: Yellow Throated Creeper; by later hand, lower right in graphite: Marc Catesby-London. 1754 60-

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.