Sweet Flowering Bay / Blew [sic] Grosbeak

Drawn, engraved, and possibly colored by Mark Catesby

1729-1747

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The Duchess of Montagu is shown here in three-forths portrait with a dog looking up at her. She stands infront of a window that displays architectural elements in the background.
Scene of gentlemen drinking at tables in an inn. A woman, whose chin is being tickled, enters a door, on the right. On the other side of the room, a man talks to a woman through an open window.
A large baptistry sits off center in the composition on a two stepped pedestal. It is topped by a sculpted figure of Jesus. A figure kneels in prayer in the shadowy background.
Oak Tree Housing Wood Pecker, Richard Tepe, vintage gelatin print