The Sole (Pleuronectes lunatus)
published 1731-1743
Artist, English, 1679 - 1749

Artwork overview
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Medium
etching and engraving with hand coloring on wove paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
plate: 26.8 x 36 cm (10 9/16 x 14 3/16 in.)
sheet: 37.3 x 54.1 cm (14 11/16 x 21 5/16 in.) -
Accession
1991.163.83
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Catalogue Raisonné
Natural History, Vol. vol.2, no. 27
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: Solea Lunata &c; upper right in plate: T27
Wikidata ID
Q74895054