Mark Catesby
Artworks: 404
Erste illustrierte nordamerikanische Naturgeschichte
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.
Artworks by this artist (404 total)
- Grus Americana Alba, The hooping Crane; Prunus &c., The Bullet-Bush. 1754
- Lacertus cauda cærulea, The Blue-Tail Lizard; Anona &c. 1754
- The Coach-whip Snake (Coluber flagellum) 1731-1743
- The Purple Martin (Hirundo purpurea) 1731-1743
- An Thymelæa foliis obtusis; Anseri Bassano &c., The Great Booby. 1754
- Piscium, serpentum, insectorum, aliorumque nonnullorum animalum nec non plantarum quarundam imagines Pl.095 1777
- Piscium, serpentum, insectorum, aliorumque nonnullorum animalum nec non plantarum quarundam imagines Pl.107 1777
- Piscium, serpentum, insectorum, aliorumque nonnullorum animalum nec non plantarum quarundam imagines Pl.071 1777
- Piscium, serpentum, insectorum, aliorumque nonnullorum animalum nec non plantarum quarundam imagines Pl.045 1777
- Piscium, serpentum, insectorum, aliorumque nonnullorum animalum nec non plantarum quarundam imagines Pl.089 1777
- Piscium, serpentum, insectorum, aliorumque nonnullorum animalum nec non plantarum quarundam imagines Pl.038 1777
- Tapia &c.; Cancer terrestris, The Land-Crab. 1754
- The Blue Heron (Ardea coerulea) 1731-1743
- Cat’s Claw (Mimosa circinalis) 1731-1743
- Cuniculus Bahamensis, The Bahama Coney; Pittoniæ. 1754
- Frutex &c.; Anguis &c., The Black-Snake. 1754
- Guaperva &c., The Old Wife. 1754
- Hæmatopus, The Oyster Catcher. 1754
- Jasminum luteum,The yellow Jessamy; Muscicapa nigrescens, The Blackcap Flycatcher. 1754
- Magnolia fore albo &c.; Formica villosa coccinea, The Velvet Ant. 1754