Mark Catesby
Primera historia natural ilustrada norteamericana
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)
- Rana maxima, The Bull-Frog; Helleborena, The Lady’s Slipper of Pennsylvania. 1754
- Piscium, serpentum, insectorum, aliorumque nonnullorum animalum nec non plantarum quarundam imagines Pl.090 1777
- The Crested Flycatcher (Muscicapa cristata) 1754
- Anguis capite viperino, The Hog-nose Snake; Lilium &c. 1754
- Arbor Populi &c.; Harengus &c., The Pilchard. 1754
- Phoenicopterus Bahamensis, The Flamingo; Keratophiton &c. 1754
- Piscium, serpentum, insectorum, aliorumque nonnullorum animalum nec non plantarum quarundam imagines Pl.075 1777
- Piscium, serpentum, insectorum, aliorumque nonnullorum animalum nec non plantarum quarundam imagines Pl.105 1777
- Piscium, serpentum, insectorum, aliorumque nonnullorum animalum nec non plantarum quarundam imagines Pl.052 1777
- The Bahama Coney (Mus Monax) 1754
- The Fieldfare of Carolina (Turdus migratorius) 1731-1743
- The Grey Fox Squirrel (Sciurus cinereus) 1731-1743
- The Rice-bird (Emberiza oryzivora) 1731-1743
- Unicornis piscis, The Bahama Unicorn-Fish; The form of a Tooth. 1754
- Viscum Caryophylloides &c., The Wild Pine; Locusta Caroliniana. 1754
- An Recinoides &c., The Ilathera Bark; Anguis &c.; The Copper-belly Snake. 1754
- Anas minor, The Buffel’s Head Duck. 1754
- Ardea Stellaris, The brown Bittern. 1754
- Cornus mas Odorata, Sassasras; Muscicapa Corona rubra, TheTyrant. 1754
- Frutex aquaticus &c.; Acus &c.,The green Gar-Fish. 1754