The Pilchard (Argentina carolina)

published 1731-1743

Mark Catesby

Associated Names
Mark Catesby

Artist, English, 1679 - 1749

The image shows a green-leafed plant with pods hanging among its branches and a fish lying beneath it. The color palette includes greens for the plant and blues and grays for the fish. The upper two-thirds of the image prominently features the leaves and pods, while the fish is positioned horizontally along the lower part of the image.

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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: 35.2 x 25.6 cm (13 7/8 x 10 1/16 in.)
    sheet: 50.2 x 35.6 cm (19 3/4 x 14 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1991.163.81

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Natural History, Vol. vol.2, no. 24

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: Harengus &c; upper center in plate: Arbor Populi &c; upper right in plate: T 24

Watermarks

IV

Wikidata ID

Q74895045

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