Sassafras and the Tyrant
Mark Catesby
(1683 - 1749)
London, England
1731-1734
Etching in black with hand coloring in green, brown, black, orange, and yellow on paper
13 7/8 x 10 3/8 in. (35.24 x 26.35 cm)
1952.33
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Sassafras and the Tyrant, 1731-1734
Mark Catesby
Etching in black with hand coloring in green, brown, black, orange, and yellow on paper
13 7/8 x 10 3/8 in. (35.24 x 26.35 cm)
The Chipstone Foundation 1952.33
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Engraving in black with hand coloring in green, brown, black, orange, and yellow on paper.
Originally published as part of Catesby's Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands.
Inscriptions:
Inscribed "T. 55" in plate, above image, ul. Inscribed "Cornus mas Odorata. / Sassafras." in plate, below image, ll. Inscribed "Muscicapa Corona rubra. / The Tyrant ." in plate, below image, lr.
Dealer: S. Polacheck
References:
Feduccia, Alan. Catesby's Birds of Colonial America. Chapel Hill and London: University of North Carolina Press, 1985, pl. 65.
Originally published as part of Catesby's Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands.
Inscriptions:
Inscribed "T. 55" in plate, above image, ul. Inscribed "Cornus mas Odorata. / Sassafras." in plate, below image, ll. Inscribed "Muscicapa Corona rubra. / The Tyrant ." in plate, below image, lr.
Dealer: S. Polacheck
References:
Feduccia, Alan. Catesby's Birds of Colonial America. Chapel Hill and London: University of North Carolina Press, 1985, pl. 65.
Meghan Doherty, 2006
This information is subject to change as the result of ongoing research.
