The Croker (Perca undulata)

published 1731-1743

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 x 35.4 cm (10 1/4 x 13 15/16 in.)
    sheet: 31.4 x 44.9 cm (12 3/8 x 17 11/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1991.163.80

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Natural History, Vol. vol.2, no. 3


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; lower center in plate: Perca rubra &c; upper center in plate: Perca &c.; upper right in plate: T3; by later hand, upper center in graphite: The Croker; by later hand, lower center in graphite: The Squirrel

Watermarks

present but not identified

Wikidata ID

Q74895038


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