The Croker (Perca undulata), published 1731-1743

Not on View

Medium

etching and engraving with hand coloring on laid paper

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.)

Credit Line

Collection of Dr. and Mrs. George Benjamin Green

Catalogue Raisonné

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

Accession Number

1991.163.80

Artists / Makers

Mark Catesby (artist) English, 1679 - 1749

Image Use

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Inscription

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

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.