The Vanelloe (Epidendrum Vanilla)
published 1731-1743
Artist, English, 1679 - 1749

Artwork overview
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Medium
etching and engraving with hand coloring on laid paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
plate: 35.4 x 26 cm (13 15/16 x 10 1/4 in.)
sheet: 48.6 x 32.5 cm (19 1/8 x 12 13/16 in.) -
Accession
1991.163.40
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Catalogue Raisonné
Natural History, Vol. appendix, no. 7
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; upper left in brown wash: 7
Wikidata ID
Q74894807