The Green Lizard of Jamaica (Lacerta bullaris)

published 1731-1743

Mark Catesby

Artist, English, 1679 - 1749

Media Options

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and engraving with hand coloring on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Collection of Dr. and Mrs. George Benjamin Green

  • 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.)

  • Accession

    1991.163.25

  • Catalogue Raisonné

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


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Bibliography

1771

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

Inscriptions

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

Watermarks

IV

Wikidata ID

Q74894728


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