The Pilchard (Argentina carolina), published 1731-1743

Not on View

etching and engraving with hand coloring on laid paper

plate: 35.2 x 25.6 cm (13 7/8 x 10 1/16 in.)

sheet: 50.2 x 35.6 cm (19 3/4 x 14 in.)

Natural History, Vol. vol.2, no. 24

1991.163.81

Mark Catesby (artist) English, 1679 - 1749

lower center in plate: Harengus &c; upper center in plate: Arbor Populi &c; upper right in plate: T 24

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

Green, George Benjamin, Dr. and Mrs.

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