The Guana (Lacerta Iguana)

published 1731-1743

Mark Catesby

Associated Names
Mark Catesby

Artist, English, 1679 - 1749

The image shows a large green fruit hanging from a branch, with a lizard crawling over it. Several large green leaves surround the fruit and lizard. The color palette consists of shades of green for the leaves and fruit, and brown tones for the branch and lizard. The lizard is positioned along the branch on the right side, extending diagonally across the image. The fruit hangs prominently in the lower left part of the composition, encircled by the leaves.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and engraving with hand coloring on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Dr. and Mrs. George Benjamin Green

  • Dimensions

    plate: 35.1 × 25.4 cm (13 13/16 × 10 in.)
    sheet: 52.3 × 35.5 cm (20 9/16 × 14 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1967.10.10

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Natural History, Vol. vol.2, no. 64

  • Series Title

    Nat. Hist. of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Isl.:V.2,T64

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

2007

  • Fabulous Journeys and Faraway Places: Travels on Paper, 1450 - 1700, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2007

Bibliography

1771

  • Catesby, Mark. The Natural History of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands. London: 1771.

Wikidata ID

Q65511193

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