Cancer Chelis Rubris and Titanokeratophyton

Mark Catesby

1731-1743

  • Titles Cancer Chelis Rubris and Titanokeratophyton (Proper)@The Natural History of North Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands (Book)
  • Artist Mark Catesby, British, 1679 - 1749
  • Medium hand-colored engraving
  • Dimensions sheet: 14 1/16 × 20 1/4 in. (35.7 × 51.4 cm) plate: 10 1/4 × 14 in. (26 × 35.6 cm)
  • Credit Line Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art; Catherine H. Collins Collection, AFI.632.1998
  • Work Type print
  • Classification Prints

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