Mark Catesby, The Blew Linnet

(British, 1679-1749)

T. 45 from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands, 1731-1743, monogrammed in plate bottom middle, hand colored engraving on laid paper with IV watermark, plate 13-7/8 x 10-1/4 in., sheet 17-7/8 x 12-3/8 in.; faux painted wood frame, 26-3/4 x 22-3/8 x 1 in.

Provenance: Ex- Americana Collection, Donaldson, Lufkin, & Jenrette, New York, New York, No. 2843 (label verso); W. Graham Arader, III, King of Prussia, Pennsylvania (label and text page verso); Property of a South Carolina Collector