The Sole (Pleuronectes lunatus)

published 1731-1743

Mark Catesby

Artist, English, 1679 - 1749

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and engraving with hand coloring on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Collection of Dr. and Mrs. George Benjamin Green

  • 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

  • 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


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