A watercolor painting of a blue crab and a green crab with red legs over their Latin names written in script.

Portunus quadriguttatus, the Swimming Crab (La cérique à quatre taches) and Ocypoda uca, the Fiddler Crab (L'uca de Marcgrave).

Christophe-Paulin de la Poix (1787-1848)

Date

ca. 1822-1839
Medium

Watercolor, ink, and graphite on paper
Dimensions

Image: 8 x 7 3/4 in.
Sheet: 10 x 11 1/8 in.
Inscriptions

Recto:
c. below upper image: la Cérique à quatre taches \ Portunus quadriguttatus
l.c. below lower image: l'Uca de Marcgrave \ Ocypoda Uca
Credit Line

Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas
Accession Number

1983.160
Copyright

Public domain

Drawn to Nature

May 25–September 29, 2024

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