The Small Bittern (Ardea virescens), published 1754

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Medium

hand-colored engraving on laid paper

Dimensions

plate: 26.4 x 35.2 cm (10 3/8 x 13 7/8 in.)

sheet: 29.1 x 41.1 cm (11 7/16 x 16 3/16 in.)

Credit Line

Collection of Dr. and Mrs. George Benjamin Green

Catalogue Raisonné

Natural History, Vol. vol.1, no. 80

Accession Number

1991.163.95

Artists / Makers

Mark Catesby (artist) English, 1679 - 1749

Image Use

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Inscription

lower center in plate: MC; lower left in plate: Ardea Stellaris; lower center in plate: Fracinus &c.; upper left in plate: T.80; by later hand, lower center in graphite: Marc Catesby - London. 1754 The Small Bittern. 40-

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Green, George Benjamin, Dr. and Mrs.

Exhibition History

2007: Fabulous Journeys and Faraway Places: Travels on Paper, 1450 - 1700, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2007

Bibliography

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