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Mark Catesby

The Vanelloe (Epidendrum Vanilla), published 1731-1743

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Medium

etching and engraving with hand coloring on laid paper

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.)

Credit Line

Collection of Dr. and Mrs. George Benjamin Green

Catalogue Raisonné

Natural History, Vol. appendix, no. 7

Accession Number

1991.163.40

Artists / Makers

Mark Catesby (artist) English, 1679 - 1749

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Inscription

lower left in plate: MC; upper left in brown wash: 7

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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