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Mark Catesby (artist): English, 1679 - 1749

The Land Frog (Rana)
published 1731-1743: hand-colored engraving on laid paper; plate: 34.9 x 25.9 cm (13 3/4 x 10 3/16 in.); sheet: 50.4 x 35.5 cm (19 13/16 x 14 in.); Collection of Dr. and Mrs. George Benjamin Green; 1991.163.28; Not on View

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Inscription

lower right in plate: MC; lower center in plate: Rana Terrestris; lower right in plate: Sarracena; upper left in plate: T.69.

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.

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