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Mark Catesby

British, 1683–1749

Portrait of Mark Catesby
Portrait of Mark Catesby

British, 1683–1749

Mark Catesby was a British Baroque artist. 94 works are cataloged here, principally at National Gallery of Art. Mark Catesby was born in Essex.

Mark Catesby (24 March 1683 – 23 December 1749) was an English naturalist who studied the flora and fauna of 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.

Works by Mark Catesby

94 works in the catalog · 24 shown

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