Muscicapa Striata and Ampelis cristata (European Spotted Flycatcher and Crested Waxwing)

John Frederick Miller

Published 1822

  • Titles Muscicapa Striata and Ampelis cristata (European Spotted Flycatcher and Crested Waxwing) (Proper)@Cimelia Physica: Figures of Rare and Curious Quadrupeds, Birds, &c. Together with Several of the Most Elegant Plants, 2nd Edition (Book)
  • Artist John Frederick Miller, British, active about 1768 - 1780
  • Medium hand-colored engraving
  • Dimensions sheet: 20 3/8 × 14 in. (51.8 × 35.6 cm) plate: 17 5/8 × 11 5/8 in. (44.8 × 29.5 cm) image: 14 1/4 × 10 3/4 in. (36.2 × 27.3 cm)
  • Credit Line Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art; Catherine H. Collins Collection, AFI.647.1998
  • Work Type print
  • Classification Prints

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