Western Jackjaw
Date1755
After work by
Mark Catesby
1683 - 1749
Publisher
Johann Michael Seligmann
1720-1762
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”ProvenanceBefore 2014, Sutter Antiques (Hudson, NY); 2014, purchased by Barnett Shepherd (Staten Island, NY); 2018-present, given to the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (Williamsburg, VA).
