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Mark Catesby

The Booby (Pelecanus Sula), published 1731-1743

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series Title

Nat. Hist. of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Isl.: V.2,T87

Medium

etching and engraving with hand coloring on laid paper

Dimensions

plate: 35.3 × 36.2 cm (13 7/8 × 14 1/4 in.)

sheet: 40.4 × 28.4 cm (15 7/8 × 11 3/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Dr. and Mrs. George Benjamin Green

Catalogue Raisonné

Natural History, Vol. vol.1, no. 87

Accession Number

1979.69.1

Artists / Makers

Mark Catesby (artist) English, 1679 - 1749

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Bibliography

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

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