Young Yellow-bellied Woodpeckers and Band-tailed Pigeon

Not on View

Medium

hand-colored engraving with etching on wove paper

Dimensions

plate: 34.8 x 27.1 cm (13 11/16 x 10 11/16 in.)

sheet: 37.6 x 29.1 cm (14 13/16 x 11 7/16 in.)

Credit Line

Collection of Dr. and Mrs. George Benjamin Green

Accession Number

1991.163.104

Artists / Makers

Alexander Lawson (artist) American, 1773 - 1846

Titian Ramsay Peale (artist after) American, 1799 - 1885

Image Use

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Inscription

lower left in plate: Drawn from Nature by Titian R. Peale.; lower right in plate: Engraved by Alexander Lawson.; across bottom in plate: 1. and 2. Young Yellow-bellied Woodpeckers. / Picus Varius. / 3. Band-tailed Pigeon. / Columba Fasciata.

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Green, George Benjamin, Dr. and Mrs.