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2022-165,6, Print
Icterus minor, Mas./ & Femina./ The bafterd Baltimore Bird.
2022-165,6, Print

Icterus minor, Mas./ & Femina./ The bafterd Baltimore Bird.

Date1731-1743
Maker Mark Catesby (1683 - 1749)
OriginEngland, London
MediumLine engraving and etching on laid paper with manuscript notations in iron gall ink
DimensionsOverall: 14 3/4 × 10in. (37.5 × 25.4cm)
Credit LineGift of an anonymous donor in honor of Margaret Pritchard
Object number2022-165,6
DescriptionUpper right corner: "T. 49"
Along right edge: "MC" (cypher)
Along bottom edge "Icterus minor Mas/ & Femina. / The basterd Baltimore Bird./ Bignonia Urucu folÿs &c./ The Catalpah Tree./ (in manuscript) 137./ (in manuscript) see the word Lireodendron/ for the Baltimore Bird -"

On verso: "Bignonia _ catalpa_ / The Basterd Baltimore bird _/ will be seen at the word Liriodendron/ Bignonia Catalpa. / which see - / 37"

Label TextThis engraving was part of Mark Catesby’s publication ‘Natural History of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands” which was published between 1731-43. Unlike prints that were published as part of that work, this print is trimmed and uncolored. It is part of a set of prints that are annotated with handwritten notes in naturalist George Edwards’ hand. Edwards was Catesby's protégé and collaborator on the project.