Cross-vine (Bignonia capreolata)
published 1754
Artist, English, 1679 - 1749

Artwork overview
-
Medium
etching and engraving with hand coloring on laid paper
-
Credit Line
-
Dimensions
plate: 35.1 x 26 cm (13 13/16 x 10 1/4 in.)
sheet: 45.1 x 31.8 cm (17 3/4 x 12 1/2 in.) -
Accession
1991.163.44
-
Catalogue Raisonné
Natural History, Vol. vol.2, no. 82
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 center in plate: MC; upper right in plate: 82; by later hand across bottom in graphite: M. Catesby London 1754 TRUMPET VINE / Big[?]ia Cap[?]lata
Watermarks
IHS IVILLEDARY
Wikidata ID
Q74894843