The Green Lizard of Jamaica (Lacerta bullaris), published 1731-1743

Not on View

Medium

etching and engraving with hand coloring on laid paper

Dimensions

plate: 35 x 26.2 cm (13 3/4 x 10 5/16 in.)

sheet: 50.2 x 35.5 cm (19 3/4 x 14 in.)

Credit Line

Collection of Dr. and Mrs. George Benjamin Green

Catalogue Raisonné

Natural History, Vol. vol.2, no. 66

Accession Number

1991.163.25

Artists / Makers

Mark Catesby (artist) English, 1679 - 1749

Image Use

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Inscription

lower left in plate: MC; lower left in plate: Lacertus.; lower center in plate: Lignum Camp.; upper right in plate: T.66.; by later hand, lower right in graphite: 15.00

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.