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Mark Catesby

The Purple Jack Daw (Gracula Quiscula), published 1731-1743

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series Title

Nat. Hist. of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Isl.: V.1,T12

Medium

etching and engraving with hand coloring on laid paper

Dimensions

plate: 26 × 35 cm (10 1/4 × 13 3/4 in.)

sheet: 36 × 52.8 cm (14 3/16 × 20 13/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Dr. and Mrs. George Benjamin Green

Catalogue Raisonné

Natural History, Vol. vol.1, no. 12

Accession Number

1973.26.20

Artists / Makers

Mark Catesby (artist) English, 1679 - 1749

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Bibliography

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

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