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Muscicapa Fusca: The little brown Fly-catcher; Muscicapa Oculis Rubris: The Red Eyed Flycatcher. T. 54.

  • ARTIST: Mark Catesby

  • MEDIUM: Engraving handcolored,

    DATE: 1751-55.

  • EDITION SIZE: Paper size 20 1/4 x 14 1/8" (516 x 357 mm).

  • DESCRIPTION: From, ‘The Natural History of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands: Containing Figures of Birds, Beasts, Fishes, Serpents, Insects and Plants:…’ Engravings by Catesby, published in London 1731-1743 (first edition), 1751-1755 (second edition), 1771-1775 (third edition) c.1800 (fourth edition). This print is from the second edition.

  • ADDITIONAL INFO: From the second edition.

  • CONDITION: Good condition save for printing creases into image.

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