The Cat Fish (Silurus catus), published 1754

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Medium

hand-colored engraving on laid paper

Dimensions

plate: 25.6 x 35.4 cm (10 1/16 x 13 15/16 in.)

sheet: 31.4 x 45.1 cm (12 3/8 x 17 3/4 in.)

Credit Line

Collection of Dr. and Mrs. George Benjamin Green

Catalogue Raisonné

Natural History, Vol. vol.2, no. 23

Accession Number

1991.163.75

Artists / Makers

Mark Catesby (artist) English, 1679 - 1749

Image Use

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Inscription

lower left in plate: MC; lower center in plate: Bagre &c; upper right in plate: T23; by later hand, across bottom in graphite: M. Catesby - London - 1754 CAT-FISH 15-

Provenance

Dr. and Mrs. George Benjamin Green, Virginia; gift to NGA, 1991.

Associated Names

Green, George Benjamin, Dr. and Mrs.

Bibliography

1771: Catesby, Mark. The Natural History of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands. London: 1771.