The Croker (Perca undulata)

published 1731-1743

Mark Catesby

Associated Names
Mark Catesby

Artist, English, 1679 - 1749

The image shows two large fish. The top fish is brown with yellow eyes, while the lower fish is reddish with yellow eyes. The color palette includes brown, red, purple, green, and yellow. The top fish is positioned above the lower fish, both facing right. Both fish are detailed and set against a plain background.

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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 Number

    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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