Tulip Tree and Baltimore Bird

Mark Catesby

1729-1747

  • Titles Tulip Tree and Baltimore Bird (Proper)@The Natural History of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands by Mark Catesby (Book)
  • Artist Mark Catesby, British, 1679 - 1749
  • Medium hand-colored engraving
  • Dimensions sheet: 20 13/16 × 14 3/8 in. (52.9 × 36.5 cm) plate: 13 13/16 × 10 1/4 in. (35.1 × 26 cm) backing board: 21 × 15 5/8 in. (53.3 × 39.7 cm)
  • Credit Line Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art; Catherine H. Collins Collection, AFI.627.1998
  • Work Type print
  • Classification Prints

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