The Hawks-bill Turtle (Testudo caretta)
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: 25.7 x 35.2 cm (10 1/8 x 13 7/8 in.)
sheet: 38.1 x 54.1 cm (15 x 21 5/16 in.) -
Accession
1991.163.47
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Catalogue Raisonné
Natural History, Vol. vol.2, no. 39
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: MC; lower right in brown wash: 39; stamped lower right on verso: Catesby's / CAROLINA / 1731
Wikidata ID
Q74894853