Red Frangipanni (Plumeria rubra)

published 1731-1743

Mark Catesby

Associated Names
Mark Catesby

Artist, English, 1679 - 1749

The image shows a botanical illustration of a plumeria plant. The illustration features green elongated leaves and pink flowers at the center surrounded by various shades of green, pink, yellow, and white. The composition includes the flowers at the top center, surrounded by large leaves extending outward symmetrically, with the plant stem visible below in front of a light background.

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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: 34.8 x 25.7 cm (13 11/16 x 10 1/8 in.)
    sheet: 50.6 x 34.6 cm (19 15/16 x 13 5/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1991.163.42

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Natural History, Vol. vol.2, no. 92

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 center in plate (on plant stem): MC; upper right in plate: 92.; by later hand, lower left in graphite: VIII/SL 72; by later hand, lower center in graphite: Catesby

Wikidata ID

Q74894819

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