Mark Catesby, The Gray Fox

(British, 1679-1749)

T. 78, with the Indian Pink, from The National History of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands, London, 1754, monogrammed in plate bottom center, hand colored etching on laid paper with "J. Whatman" undated watermark, plate 13-1/2 x 10-1/4 in., sheet 20-1/2 x 13-1/2 in.; faux painted wood frame, 26-3/4 x 22-1/2 x 1 in.

Provenance: Ex- Americana Collection, Donaldson, Lufkin, & Jenrette, New York, New York, No. 2976 (label verso); W. Graham Arader, III, King of Prussia, Pennsylvania (label and text page verso);Property of a South Carolina Collector