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Saracena of Canada

Thomas Davies
approximately 1737-1812

Saracena of Canada

1792
12 3/16 x 9 3/4 inches (310 x 249 mm)
Watercolor on vellum.
1961.6:14

Gift of Henry S. Morgan.

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).
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed in pen and brown ink at lower left, "Saracena of Canada"; at lower right, "T. Davies Pinx 1792".
Associated names
Davies, J. Formerly attributed to.
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.
Catesby, Mark, 1683-1749. Natural history of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands.
Classification
Century Drawings
School
Department