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The Land Frog (Rana), published 1731-1743

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Medium

hand-colored engraving on laid paper

Dimensions

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.)

Credit Line

Accession Number

1991.163.28

Artists / Makers

Mark Catesby (artist) English, 1679 - 1749

Image Use

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

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

Green, George Benjamin, Dr. and Mrs.

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

The Land Frog (Rana), published 1731-1743