The Croker (Perca undulata)
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: 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
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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