Title

The Tropic Bird (Phaeton aethereus), probably 1743/1762. Creator: Johann Michael Seligmann.

Caption

The Tropic Bird (Phaeton aethereus), probably 1743/1762.

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Reference

HRM23A16_255

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

27,1Mb (1,2Mb) / 13,3in x 7,9in / 4000 x 2372 (300dpi)

Keywords

Germany Latin animal England German arts bird birds country science art seabird seabirds English color Washington location century gallery biology print hand-tinted engraved engraving art gallery ornithology Colour National Gallery of Art 18th century Eighteenth Century etched hand tinted etching Tropic bird Mark Catesby hand coloured Phaeton aethereus laid paper art centre hand-coloured Heritage Art Print hand-colored engraving on laid paper Johann Michael Seligmann Seligmann Johann Michael Seeligmann Johann Michael Catesby Mark Catesby