1754
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
The Nuthatch (Sitta Europaea) is a 1754 ink by Mark Catesby, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This image shows two birds perched on a tree trunk with flat, green leaves. One bird is on the left, facing us, with brown and white feathers. The other bird is on the right, pecking at the bark. The tree trunk is dark with a slice cut into its top, and small acorns hang from the branches. The birds are labeled as nuthatches, and the tree is called a highland willow oak. The artist used careful hand coloring to make the details stand out. Look up etching to see how artists create these precise lines.
Mark Catesby (24 March 1683 – 23 December 1749) was an English naturalist who studied the flora and fauna of the New World.
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