Thomas Pennant

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Thomas Pennant
1726-1798
Bahama Titmouse
Pen and brown ink and watercolor on paper.
13 15/16 x 9 1/4 inches (353 x 231 mm)
Gift of Mr. Henry S. Morgan.
1961.6:11

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One of fourteen drawings and one colored proof engraving removed from Mark Catesby's "The Natural History of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands...", 2 vol., London, 1731-1743 (PML 45708-45709).
Copy after Mark Catesby, "The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands...", v. 1, pl. 59.

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Jekyll Catesby; Thomas Pennant; David Pennant; Henry S. Morgan.
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Catesby, Jekyll, former owner.
Pennant, Thomas, 1726-1798, former owner.
Pennant, David, -1841, former owner.
Morgan, Henry S. (Henry Sturgis), 1900-1982, former owner.
Catesby, Mark, 1683-1749. Natural history of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands.

Bibliography: 

Pierpont Morgan Library. Review of Acquisitions, 1949-1968. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1969, p. 159.

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