The Barracuda (Esox barracuda), published 1754

Not on View

Medium

etching and engraving with hand coloring on laid paper

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.)

Credit Line

Collection of Dr. and Mrs. George Benjamin Green

Catalogue Raisonné

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

Accession Number

1991.163.79

Artists / Makers

Mark Catesby (artist) English, 1679 - 1749

Image Use

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Inscription

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

Provenance

Dr. and Mrs. George Benjamin Green, Virginia; gift to NGA, 1991.

Associated Names

Green, George Benjamin, Dr. and Mrs.

Bibliography

1771: Catesby, Mark. The Natural History of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands. London: 1771.