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Mark Catesby
1683-1749
Bead Snake
ca. 1722-26
Opaque watercolor on paper.
10 7/16 x 14 3/4 inches (265 x 375 mm)
Gift of Henry S. Morgan.
1961.6:1
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Notes:
One of fourteen drawings and one colored proof engraving removed from Mark Catesby's "The Natural History of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands...", 2 vol., London, 1731-1743 (PML 45708-45709).
Inscription:
Inscribed at upper right in pen and brown ink, "Beads"; in a different hand, "60"; at left margin, "15"; in pencil at upper left, "Bead". Inscribed on verso in pen and brown ink, "Beads / Bead Snake Potato".
Provenance:
Jekyll Catesby; Thomas Pennant; David Pennant; Henry S. Morgan.
Associated names:
Catesby, Jekyll, former owner.
Pennant, Thomas, 1726-1798, former owner.
Pennant, David, d. 1841, former owner.
Morgan, Henry S. (Henry Sturgis), 1900-1982, former owner.
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