The Bahama Coney (Mus Monax)
published 1754
Artist, English, 1679 - 1749

Artwork overview
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Medium
etching and engraving with hand coloring on laid paper
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Credit Line
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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
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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