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 Round Crested Duck (Mergus cucullatus) (1731-1743)
Mark Catesby (English, 1683 – 1749)
The Yellow Throated Creeper (1754)
Mark Catesby (English, 1683 – 1749)
The Cat Fish (Silurus catus) (1754)
Mark Catesby (English, 1683 – 1749)
The Red Mottled Rock-crab (Cancer grapsus) (1731-1743)
Mark Catesby (English, 1683 – 1749)
The Hog-nose Snake (Boa contortrix) (1731-1743)
Mark Catesby (English, 1683 – 1749)
The Red Clawed Crab (Cancer erythropus) (1731-1743)
Mark Catesby (English, 1683 – 1749)
The Vanelloe (Epidendrum Vanilla) (1731-1743)
Mark Catesby (English, 1683 – 1749)
The Hawks-bill Turtle (Testudo caretta) (1731-1743)
Mark Catesby (English, 1683 – 1749)
More Artwork by Mark Catesby (View all 75 Artworks)
The Round Crested Duck (Mergus cucullatus) (1731-1743)
Mark Catesby (English, 1683 – 1749)
The Yellow Throated Creeper (1754)
Mark Catesby (English, 1683 – 1749)
The Cat Fish (Silurus catus) (1754)
Mark Catesby (English, 1683 – 1749)
The Red Mottled Rock-crab (Cancer grapsus) (1731-1743)
Mark Catesby (English, 1683 – 1749)
The Hog-nose Snake (Boa contortrix) (1731-1743)
Mark Catesby (English, 1683 – 1749)
The Red Clawed Crab (Cancer erythropus) (1731-1743)
Mark Catesby (English, 1683 – 1749)