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The Purple Jack Daw (Gracula Quiscula)

Mark Catesby · 1679–1749

Maximum print size

39.1 × 29.7 cm · 15.4 × 11.7 in

at 300 DPI from the 4,605 × 3,522 px original. Comfortably fills a standard 11×14 inch frame.

Frame: 50.8 × 40.6 cm · 20.0 × 16.0 in
Mat opening: 39.1 × 29.7 cm · 15.4 × 11.7 in
Mat border, sides: 5.8 cm · 2.3 in
Mat border, top and bottom: 5.6 cm · 2.2 in

Colour palette

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Details

Date: published 1731-1743
Medium: etching and engraving with hand coloring on laid paper
Type: Print
Size: 26.0 × 35.0 cm · 10.2 × 13.8 in
Orientation: landscape
Collection: National Gallery of Art ↗

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