Western Jackjaw

Date1755

After work by Mark Catesby (1683 - 1749)

Publisher Johann Michael Seligmann (1720-1762)

OriginEurope, Germany, Nuremberg

MediumEtching with period color

DimensionsOH: 15 3/8" x OW: 9 3/4"

Credit LineGift of Barnett Shepherd

Object number2018-269,57

DescriptionUpper margin: Tab. CV/ Die ganz Schwarze Dohle."
Lower margin: C.P.S.CM./ M. Catesby ad viv. delin./ N.o. 105 IC. Theil./ Monedula tota nigra. Hist Jam 208 Vol 2."
Label TextThis engraving was published in ‘Sammlung verschiedener ausländischer und seltener Vögel’ which comprises Georg Leonhard Huth's German translation of George Edwards's “A Natural History of Birds” (1743-51) and “Gleanings of Natural History”