The Bahama Coney (Mus Monax)

published 1754

Mark Catesby

Artist, English, 1679 - 1749

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and engraving with hand coloring on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Collection of Dr. and Mrs. George Benjamin Green

  • Dimensions

    plate: 25.8 x 34.8 cm (10 3/16 x 13 11/16 in.)
    sheet: 31.6 x 44.8 cm (12 7/16 x 17 5/8 in.)

  • Accession

    1991.163.29

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Natural History, Vol. vol.2, no. 79


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Bibliography

1771

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

Inscriptions

lower right in plate: MC; lower left in plate: Cuniculus; lower right in plate: Pittonia; by later hand, lower left in graphite: M. Catesby London 1754; by later hand, lower center in graphite: Bahama Coney; upper right in plate: T.79.; by later hand, lower right in graphite: 20-

Watermarks

fleur-de-lis

Wikidata ID

Q74894741


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