The Barracuda (Esox barracuda)

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: 26.7 x 36 cm (10 1/2 x 14 3/16 in.)
    sheet: 31.9 x 44.9 cm (12 9/16 x 17 11/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1991.163.79

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Natural History, Vol. vol.2, no. 1


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 left in plate: MC; lower center in plate: Vulpis Bahamenfis.; upper center in plate: Umbla minor &c.; upper right in plate: T1; by later hand, upper center in graphite: BARRACUDA; by later hand, lower left in graphite: Marc Catesby-London-1754

Watermarks

IHS IVILLEDARY

Wikidata ID

Q74895035


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