Mark Catesby

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Mark Catesby
1683-1749
Illustrations to "The Natural History of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands ..."
Watercolor and opaque watercolor on paper.
Gift of Henry S. Morgan.
1961.6:1-15
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Group of fourteen drawings and one colored proof engraving removed from Mark Catesby's "The Natural History of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands ...", 2 vol., London, 1731-1743 (PML 45708-45709). Numbers 1-8 by Catesby (no. 8 a trial proof); nos. 9-12 attributed to Thomas Pennant; no. 13 attributed to David Pennant; no. 14 attributed to J. Davies; no. 15 anonymous.

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Jekyll Catesby; Thomas Pennant; David Pennant; Henry S. Morgan.
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Catesby, Jekyll, former owner.
Pennant, Thomas, 1726-1798, former owner.
Pennant, David, d. 1841, former owner.
Davies, J.
Morgan, Henry S. (Henry Sturgis), 1900-1982, former owner.

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