Mark Catesby

Artist's Biography

Pagurus Maculatus (The Red motled Rock Crab) Cancer chelis crassissimis (The rough-shelled Crab) T. 36.

Engraving handcolored, 1743
Paper size 20 1/8 x 14 1/4" (511 x 362 mm).
Good condition with original color. Two small bits of paper missing from the lower right and upper left corners. LOCATION: New York City

Inventory Number: 2957
Price: $1,600.00
Publisher : A fine image from "The Natural History of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands…”. First published in 1731-43 with subsequent editions published in 1754, 1777, and 1800. This is plate is from the first edition, published in London, 1731. Catesby was one of the first naturalists to visit and record the flora and fauna in America. 18th-19th Century Subjects , Natural History - Animals & Insects , Fish

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