The Guana (Lacerta Iguana)

published 1731-1743

Mark Catesby

Artist, English, 1679 - 1749

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and engraving with hand coloring on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Dr. and Mrs. George Benjamin Green

  • Dimensions

    plate: 35.1 × 25.4 cm (13 13/16 × 10 in.)
    sheet: 52.3 × 35.5 cm (20 9/16 × 14 in.)

  • Accession

    1967.10.10

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Natural History, Vol. vol.2, no. 64

Artwork history & notes

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.

Wikidata ID

Q65511193

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