The Pole Cat (Viverra putorius), published 1731-1743

Not on View

hand-colored engraving on laid paper

plate: 26 x 34.9 cm (10 1/4 x 13 3/4 in.)

sheet: 36.8 x 53.8 cm (14 1/2 x 21 3/16 in.)

Natural History, Vol. vol.2, no. 62

1991.163.67

Mark Catesby (artist) English, 1679 - 1749

lower right in plate: MC; lower center in plate: Pseudo Phalangium; lower right in plate: Putorius; upper right in plate: T.62.

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

Green, George Benjamin, Dr. and Mrs.

2007: Fabulous Journeys and Faraway Places: Travels on Paper, 1450 - 1700, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2007

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