Mark Catesby, The Laughing Gull

(British, 1679-1749)

T. 89 from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands, Vol. 1, London, 1731-1743, monogramed in plate lower right, hand colored engraving on laid paper with "IV" watermark, accompanied with text, plate 10-1/8 x 13-1/4 in., sheet 12-1/2 x 17-7/8 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. 2887 (label verso); W. Graham Arader, III, King of Prussia, Pennsylvania (label verso); Property of a South Carolina Collector