The Barracuda (Esox barracuda)
published 1754
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: 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
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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