Mark Catesby, The Chatterer

(British, 1679-1749)

T. 46 with sweet shrub, from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and The Bahama Islands, 1731-1743, Vol. 1, hand colored engraving on laid paper with Strasburg Lily "4W" pendant watermark, plate, 13-7/8 x 10-1/4 in., sheet, 17-7/8 x 12-3/8 in.; modern wood veneer frame, 26-3/4 x 22-1/2 x 1 in.

Provenance: Ex- Americana Collection, Donaldson, Lufkin, & Jenrette, New York, New York, No. 2844 (label verso); W. Graham Arader, III, King of Prussia, Pennsylvania (label and a facsimile of the text page verso);