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 Bahama Coney (Mus Monax) (1754)
Mark Catesby (English, 1683 – 1749)
The Grey Fox Squirrel (Sciurus cinereus) (1731-1743)
Mark Catesby (English, 1683 – 1749)
The Croker (Perca undulata) (1731-1743)
Mark Catesby (English, 1683 – 1749)
The Cat Fish (Silurus catus) (1754)
Mark Catesby (English, 1683 – 1749)
The Green Gar Fish (Esox osseus) (1731-1743)
Mark Catesby (English, 1683 – 1749)
The Vanelloe (Epidendrum Vanilla) (1731-1743)
Mark Catesby (English, 1683 – 1749)
The Little Brown Flycatcher (1731-1743)
Mark Catesby (English, 1683 – 1749)
The Sole (Pleuronectes lunatus) (1731-1743)
Mark Catesby (English, 1683 – 1749)
More Artwork by Mark Catesby (View all 75 Artworks)
The Bahama Coney (Mus Monax) (1754)
Mark Catesby (English, 1683 – 1749)
The Grey Fox Squirrel (Sciurus cinereus) (1731-1743)
Mark Catesby (English, 1683 – 1749)
The Croker (Perca undulata) (1731-1743)
Mark Catesby (English, 1683 – 1749)
The Cat Fish (Silurus catus) (1754)
Mark Catesby (English, 1683 – 1749)
The Green Gar Fish (Esox osseus) (1731-1743)
Mark Catesby (English, 1683 – 1749)
The Vanelloe (Epidendrum Vanilla) (1731-1743)
Mark Catesby (English, 1683 – 1749)