The Globe Fish (Tetrodon lagocephalus), published 1731-1743

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Medium

hand-colored engraving on laid paper

Dimensions

plate: 35.2 x 26.2 cm (13 7/8 x 10 5/16 in.)

sheet: 51.3 x 36 cm (20 3/16 x 14 3/16 in.)

Credit Line

Collection of Dr. and Mrs. George Benjamin Green

Catalogue Raisonné

Natural History, Vol. vol.2, no. 28

Accession Number

1991.163.39

Artists / Makers

Mark Catesby (artist) English, 1679 - 1749

Image Use

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Inscription

lower right in plate: MC; lower left in plate: An Phafeolus &c.; lower center in plate: Orbis &c.; upper left in plate: Cornus &c; upper right in plate: T28

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Green, George Benjamin, Dr. and Mrs.

Exhibition History

2007: Fabulous Journeys and Faraway Places: Travels on Paper, 1450 - 1700, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2007

Bibliography

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