The Sucking Fish (Echeneis naucratis)

published 1731-1743

Mark Catesby

Associated Names
Mark Catesby

Artist, English, 1679 - 1749

The image shows a detailed illustration of a leafy branch with green leaves and red flowers, with a fish labeled "Remora" at the bottom. The color palette includes shades of green, brown, and reddish-orange on a light beige background. The fish is horizontal in the foreground, while the vertical branch is central and slightly tilted to the right.

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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: 35.4 x 25.4 cm (13 15/16 x 10 in.)
    sheet: 44.8 x 31.8 cm (17 5/8 x 12 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1991.163.82

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Natural History, Vol. vol.2, no. 26

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 left in plate: MC; lower center in plate: Remora.; upper center in plate: Phylanthos &c; upper right in plate: T 26; by later hand, across bottom in graphite: M. Catesby - London - 1754 SUCKING FISH 15-

Watermarks

IHS IVILLEDARY

Wikidata ID

Q74895048

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