The Coach-whip Snake (Coluber flagellum)
published 1731-1743
Artist, English, 1679 - 1749

Artwork overview
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Medium
etching and engraving with hand coloring on laid paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
plate: 25.6 x 35.6 cm (10 1/16 x 14 in.)
sheet: 35.6 x 52.4 cm (14 x 20 5/8 in.) -
Accession
1991.163.64
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Catalogue Raisonné
Natural History, Vol. vol.2, no. 54
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
center in plate: MC; lower left in plate: Lychnis &c.; lower right in plate: Anguis &c.; upper left in plate: 54
Watermarks
present but not identified
Wikidata ID
Q74894949