The Red Clawed Crab (Cancer erythropus)
published 1731-1743
Mark Catesby
Artist, English, 1679 - 1749
Mark Catesby
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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: 25.8 × 35.4 cm (10 3/16 × 13 15/16 in.)
sheet: 36.8 × 53 cm (14 1/2 × 20 7/8 in.) -
Accession Number
1973.26.16
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Catalogue Raisonné
Natural History, Vol. vol.2, no. 37
Artwork history & notes
Bibliography
1771
Catesby, Mark. The Natural History of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands. London: 1771.
Wikidata ID
Q65574779