The Rock Fish (Perca venenosa), published 1754

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Medium

hand-colored engraving on laid paper

Dimensions

plate: 26.4 x 35.2 cm (10 3/8 x 13 7/8 in.)

sheet: 31.6 x 44.9 cm (12 7/16 x 17 11/16 in.)

Credit Line

Collection of Dr. and Mrs. George Benjamin Green

Catalogue Raisonné

Natural History, Vol. vol.2, no. 5

Accession Number

1991.163.21

Artists / Makers

Mark Catesby (artist) English, 1679 - 1749

Image Use

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Inscription

lower center in plate: Perea venenosa &c.; upper right in plate: T5; by later hand, lower left in graphite: M. Catesby - London 1754; by later hand, lower center in graphite: The Rock Fish (poisonous); by later hand, lower right in graphite: Bahamas

Provenance

Dr. and Mrs. George Benjamin Green, Virginia; gift to NGA, 1991.

Associated Names

Green, George Benjamin, Dr. and Mrs.

Bibliography

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