The Sucking Fish (Echeneis naucratis)
published 1731-1743
Artist, English, 1679 - 1749
Mark Catesby
Attributed to

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: 35.4 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
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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