The Sole (Pleuronectes lunatus), published 1731-1743

Not on View

etching and engraving with hand coloring on wove paper

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.)

Natural History, Vol. vol.2, no. 27

1991.163.83

Mark Catesby (artist) English, 1679 - 1749

lower right in plate: MC; lower center in plate: Solea Lunata &c; upper right in plate: T27

Dr. and Mrs. George Benjamin Green, Virginia; gift to NGA, 1991.

Green, George Benjamin, Dr. and Mrs.

1771: Catesby, Mark. The Natural History of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands. London: 1771.