Details

Title

Great Crested Grebe

Dated

1819-1834

Artist

Prideaux John Selby; Engraver: William Lizars

Nationality

British

Artist Life

1788 - 1867

Role

Artist

Gallery

Not on View

Department

European Art

Dimension

15 7/8 × 21 5/8 in. (40.32 × 54.93 cm) (plate)23 3/4 × 29 3/4 × 1 1/8 in. (60.33 × 75.57 × 2.86 cm) (outer frame)

Credit

The Minnich Collection The Ethel Morrison Van Derlip Fund, 1966

Accession Number

P.19,762

Medium

Hand-colored engraving

Country

England

Century

19th century

Provenance

Dwight E. and Helen Minnich, Minneapolis; sold to MIA, 1966.

Rights

Public Domain

Classification

Prints

Object Name

Print

Catalogue Raisonne

BM (NH) IV, p. 1896; cf. Fine Bird Books (1990) p.141; Mullens & Swann p. 519; Nissen IVB 853; cf. Wood pp. 561-562; cf. Zimmer pp. 571-572; C. Jackson, Bird Etchings, 1985, p. 212

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Portfolio

From Illustrations of British Ornithology, 2 vols., Edinburgh,1819-1834

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