Cross-vine (Bignonia capreolata)

published 1754

Mark Catesby

Associated Names
Mark Catesby

Artist, English, 1679 - 1749

The image shows a detailed botanical illustration of a flowering plant with bright orange and yellow trumpet-shaped flowers and elongated green leaves. The color palette consists of earthy tones with vibrant yellows and oranges contrasted by deep green foliage. The plant is located in the central and right part of the composition, with its slender stem ascending vertically. To the left of the plant, there is an elongated brown pod with seeds visible within it.

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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 Number

    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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