Mark Catesby
Naturalist

Mark Catesby was a famed naturalist in the 1700s, rivaling Audubon. He published the two volume Natural history of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands (1731-43).

• The Directory of Design and Decoration is offering reproductions for sale and has a number of images of the paintings at their site.
• He also studied fish.
• Copies of his book are at
• Georgetown University (first edition, this may have been George Washington's copy?)
• UCLA (no longer mentioned in their web pages, but MELVYL indicates they have it)
• LSU
• A good collection of his prints can be bought (>$1000) from The Philadelphia Printers. See their natural history selection. A book of his bird prints is available ($40).

Exhibits of his work are in the Arader Galleries (NY, SF, Philadelphia, Houston, King of Prussia) and at the Joel Oppenheimer galleries in Chicago.

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