Cat's Claw (Mimosa circinalis), published 1731-1743

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Medium

hand-colored engraving on laid paper

Dimensions

plate: 34.9 x 26 cm (13 3/4 x 10 1/4 in.)

sheet: 50.6 x 34.8 cm (19 15/16 x 13 11/16 in.)

Credit Line

Collection of Dr. and Mrs. George Benjamin Green

Catalogue Raisonné

Natural History, Vol. vol.2, no. 97

Accession Number

1991.163.43

Artists / Makers

Mark Catesby (artist) English, 1679 - 1749

Image Use

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Inscription

center left in plate (in blank space near pod): MC; upper left in plate: 97.; by later hand, lower left in graphite: VIII/SL; by later hand, lower center in graphite: Catesby 1743

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.