The Black Muray (Muraenae helenae varietas), published 1754

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Medium

hand-colored engraving on laid paper

Dimensions

plate: 35.2 x 25.4 cm (13 7/8 x 10 in.)

sheet: 45.1 x 31.3 cm (17 3/4 x 12 5/16 in.)

Credit Line

Collection of Dr. and Mrs. George Benjamin Green

Catalogue Raisonné

Natural History, Vol. vol.2, no. 21

Accession Number

1991.163.74

Artists / Makers

Mark Catesby (artist) English, 1679 - 1749

Image Use

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Inscription

lower right in plate: MC; lower left in plate: Muroena maculata nigra; lower right in plate: Lithophyton &c; upper left in plate: T21; by later hand, across bottom in graphite: M. Catesby - London - 1754 Black Moray 15-

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Green, George Benjamin, Dr. and Mrs.

Bibliography

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