The Fishing Hawk (Falco haliaetus), published 1754

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Medium

hand-colored engraving on laid paper

Dimensions

plate: 26.8 x 37.3 cm (10 9/16 x 14 11/16 in.)

sheet: 30.5 x 43.3 cm (12 x 17 1/16 in.)

Credit Line

Collection of Dr. and Mrs. George Benjamin Green

Catalogue Raisonné

Natural History, Vol. vol.1, no. 2

Accession Number

1991.163.94

Artists / Makers

Mark Catesby (artist) English, 1679 - 1749

Image Use

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Inscription

upper left in plate: Accipiter Piscatorius. / The fishing Hawk.; upper right in plate: T. 2.; by later hand, lower right in graphite: MARC CATESBY lONDON 1754 55-

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.