Cross-vine (Bignonia capreolata)

published 1754

Mark Catesby

Artist, English, 1679 - 1749

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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: 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


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