The Land Frog (Rana)

published 1731-1743

Mark Catesby

Associated Names
Mark Catesby

Artist, English, 1679 - 1749

The image features a large pitcher plant on the left and another similar plant structure with a rounded, green and red-veined hood on the right, both leaning towards the center. Below them is a yellow and green flower with yellow petals and brown details. At the bottom, there is a small brown frog with a black outline around its red eye in the center. The color palette includes shades of green, brown, yellow, and hints of red.

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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: 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.)

  • Accession Number

    1991.163.28

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Natural History, Vol. vol.2, no. 69

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

Wikidata ID

Q74894738

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