Mark Catesby, The Bahama Coney

(British, 1679-1749)

T. 79, from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and The Bahama Islands, Vol. 2, London, 1731-1743, signed with monogram in plate lower right, hand colored etching on laid paper with Strasbourg Lily "4" watermark, plate 10-1/8 x 13-5/8 in., sheet 14-1/8 x 20-1/4 in.; faux painted wood frame, 22-1/2 x 26-3/4 x 3/4 in.

Provenance: Ex-Americana Collection, Donaldson, Lufkin, & Jenrette, New York, New York, no. 2977 (label verso); W. Graham Arader III, King of Prussia, Pennsylvania (label verso); Property of a South Carolina Collector