Centipede (Scolopendra morsitans)

published 1731-1743

Mark Catesby

Associated Names
Mark Catesby

Artist, English, 1679 - 1749

The image shows an illustration of a plant with large leaves and yellow flowers. The color scheme includes shades of green and yellow for the flowers, and browns for the stem and centipede. The plant's branches are in the background, and a centipede is depicted on the ground below 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: 35.9 x 26.4 cm (14 1/8 x 10 3/8 in.)
    sheet: 52.2 x 37.3 cm (20 9/16 x 14 11/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1991.163.49

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Natural History, Vol. appendix, no. 2

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 right in plate: MC; upper left in plate: 2

Watermarks

present but not identified

Wikidata ID

Q74894858

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