
About the Artist
Mark Catesby was an English naturalist who studied flora and fauna in the New World. Between 1729 and 1747 Catesby published his Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands, the first published account of the flora and fauna of North America. It included 220 plates of birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish, insects, mammals and plants.
More Artwork by Mark Catesby (View all 75 Artworks)

The Buffel’s Head Duck (Anas bucephala) (1731-1743)
Mark Catesby (English, 1683 – 1749)

The Yellow Throated Creeper (1754)
Mark Catesby (English, 1683 – 1749)

The Finch Creeper (Parus americanus) (1731-1743)
Mark Catesby (English, 1683 – 1749)

The Ground Dove (Columba passerina) (1731-1743)
Mark Catesby (English, 1683 – 1749)

Cross-vine (Bignonia capreolata) (1754)
Mark Catesby (English, 1683 – 1749)

The Red Legged Thrush (Turdus plumbeus) (1731-1743)
Mark Catesby (English, 1683 – 1749)

The Pilchard (Argentina carolina) (1731-1743)
Mark Catesby (English, 1683 – 1749)

The Red Winged Starling (Oriolus phoeniceus) (1754)
Mark Catesby (English, 1683 – 1749)
More Artwork by Mark Catesby (View all 75 Artworks)

The Buffel’s Head Duck (Anas bucephala) (1731-1743)
Mark Catesby (English, 1683 – 1749)

The Yellow Throated Creeper (1754)
Mark Catesby (English, 1683 – 1749)

The Finch Creeper (Parus americanus) (1731-1743)
Mark Catesby (English, 1683 – 1749)

The Ground Dove (Columba passerina) (1731-1743)
Mark Catesby (English, 1683 – 1749)

Cross-vine (Bignonia capreolata) (1754)
Mark Catesby (English, 1683 – 1749)

The Red Legged Thrush (Turdus plumbeus) (1731-1743)
Mark Catesby (English, 1683 – 1749)
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