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Die Seeschwalbe mit dem weissen Kopf (Primary Title)
Natural History of Carolina, Florida, etc., Nuremburg, 1749-1776 (after Mark Catesby 1682-1749) (Series Title)

Johann Michael Seligmann, German, 1720 - 1762 (Artist)

1749–1776
German
Works On Paper
Prints
hand-colored etching and engraving on laid paper with a watermark
European Art
Sheet: 9 3/4 × 15 3/8 in. (24.77 × 39.05 cm)
Plate: 8 5/8 × 11 7/8 in. (21.91 × 30.16 cm)
2008.77
Not on view
Printed above image in center: Die Seeschwalbe mit dem weissen Kopf. Printed in upper right corner: Tab LXXVI. Printed beneath image lower left: M. Catesby ad viv del./ Hirundo marina minor capite albo Sir Hans Sloan's Hist. Fam. p.31. Printed beneath image in center: C.P.S.C. M./ No 76 IV Theil. Printed beneath image lower right: I.M. Seligmann sculp et excud./ Hirondelle marine à la tête blanche.
Bequest of Janet C. Green
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