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http://mcclungmuseum.utk.edu/newspecial_exhibit/index.html
MARK CATESBY: The Colonial Audubon
Scientific illustrations of the flora and fauna of North America by Mark 
Catesby (1682-1749), the founder of American ornithology. This exhibit will 
feature 34 original, hand-colored etchings from Catesby's book, Natural History 
of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands, along with earlier and later 
natural history prints from the Museum's collections. 

January 17 - May 16, 2004

Mark Catesby (1682-1749) exhibited a keen interest in natural history growing 
up in Suffolk, England. An opportunity to visit his sister in Virginia in 1712 
brought the young man into contact with the rich flora and fauna of the New 
World. Returning to England in 1719, Catesby acquired patronage and support, 
and was persuaded to take on a natural history of America that had been started 
by John Lawson before his death in 1711. Catesby returned to South Carolina in 
1722 and for the next three years made notes and drawings and assembled an 
enormous collection of plants and animals from the Southeast.

Returning to England in 1726, Catesby set about assembling and publishing the 
results of his travels, the first volume being published in 1731. When 
finished, Catesby's Natural History of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama 
Islands included 220 plates illustrating 109 birds, 33 amphibians and reptiles, 
46 fishes, 31 insects, 9 quadrupeds, and 171 plants.

Catesby's Natural History is a pioneering work in scientific illustration, and 
until the time of Audubon a hundred years later, was the best illustrative 
treatment of the flora and fauna of North America. The exhibition focuses on a 
selection of Catesby's hand-colored engravings of flora and fauna that occur in 
Tennessee, and places his work in perspective with examples of natural history 
illustrations by earlier and later artists.

Elizabeth Mei Wong,Knoxville,Tenn



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