The Grey Fox Squirrel (Sciurus cinereus)

published 1731-1743

Mark Catesby

Artist, English, 1679 - 1749

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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: 25.2 x 34.9 cm (9 15/16 x 13 3/4 in.)
    sheet: 31.9 x 45.1 cm (12 9/16 x 17 3/4 in.)

  • Accession

    1991.163.91

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Natural History, Vol. vol.2, no. 74


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 left in plate: MC; lower left in plate: Viscum; lower center in plate: Sciurus; upper left in plate: T.74.; by later hand, across bottom in graphite: M. Catesby - London - 1754 Grey Fox - Squirrel 40-

Watermarks

fleur-de-lis with [?]VG

Wikidata ID

Q74895120


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