Cat's Claw (Mimosa circinalis)
published 1731-1743
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: 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.) -
Accession
1991.163.43
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Catalogue Raisonné
Natural History, Vol. vol.2, no. 97
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
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
Watermarks
IV
Wikidata ID
Q74894839