The Viper-mouth (Silurus cataphractus)
published 1731-1743
Artist, English, 1679 - 1749

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: 26 x 35.7 cm (10 1/4 x 14 1/16 in.)
sheet: 35.6 x 53.8 cm (14 x 21 3/16 in.) -
Accession
1991.163.97
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Catalogue Raisonné
Natural History, Vol. appendix, no. 19
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 center in plate: MC; lower left in plate: MC; lower right in plate: 19; by later hand, lower center in graphite: "The Viper-mouth"
Watermarks
GR with shield
Wikidata ID
Q74895168