The Pilchard (Argentina carolina)
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: 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.) -
Accession
1991.163.81
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Catalogue Raisonné
Natural History, Vol. vol.2, no. 24
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 center in plate: Harengus &c; upper center in plate: Arbor Populi &c; upper right in plate: T 24
Watermarks
IV
Wikidata ID
Q74895045