Mark Catesby
Première histoire naturelle illustrée d'Amérique
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)
- Nux juglans Virginiana alba &c., The Hiccory Tree; The Pig-nut; Coccothraustes ruber, The red Bird. 1754
- Piscium, serpentum, insectorum, aliorumque nonnullorum animalum nec non plantarum quarundam imagines Pl.066 1777
- Piscium, serpentum, insectorum, aliorumque nonnullorum animalum nec non plantarum quarundam imagines Pl.103 1777
- Scarabæus pilularis Americanus, The Tumble-Turds; Lilium &c. 1754
- Quercus sempervirens foliis oblongis non sinuatis, Live Oak; Picus maximus crista-tubra, The large red crested Woodpecker. 1754
- Mellivora &c. , The Humming-bird; Bignonia &c., The Trumpet-Flower. 1754
- Piscium, serpentum, insectorum, aliorumque nonnullorum animalum nec non plantarum quarundam imagines Pl.023 1777
- Solea lunata &c., The Sole. 1754
- Accipiter Palumbarius, The Pigeon-Hawk. 1754
- Pica luteo-nigra varia, The Yellow and Black Pye; Lilio-Narcissus Polianthus; Vespa Ichneumon coerulea. 1754
- The Pole Cat (Viverra putorius) 1731-1743
- Avis Tropicrtum, The Tropick-Bird; Larus minimus marinus &c., The Storm-Finck, or Pittrel. 1754
- Caprimulgus, The Goat-Sucker. 1754
- Frutex &c.; Vipera Aquatica,The Water-Viper. 1754
- Monedula purpurea, The purple Jackdaw. 1754
- Passerculus, The little Sparrow; Convulvulus Caroliniensis, The Purple Bindweed of Carolina. 1754
- Piscium, serpentum, insectorum, aliorumque nonnullorum animalum nec non plantarum quarundam imagines Pl.092 1777
- Piscium, serpentum, insectorum, aliorumque nonnullorum animalum nec non plantarum quarundam imagines Pl.037 1777
- Piscium, serpentum, insectorum, aliorumque nonnullorum animalum nec non plantarum quarundam imagines Pl.047 1777
- Piscium, serpentum, insectorum, aliorumque nonnullorum animalum nec non plantarum quarundam imagines Pl.036 1777