Mark Catesby, The Oyster Catcher

(British, 1679-1749)

T. 89 from The National History of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands, London, 1731-1743, monogrammed lower right in plate lower right, hand colored etching on laid paper, plate 10-1/4 x 13-7/8 in., sheet 12-1/2 x 17-7/8 in.; faux painted wood frame, 22-1/2 x 26-3/4 x 1 in.

Provenance: Ex- Americana Collection, Donaldson, Lufkin, & Jenrette, New York, New York, No. 2883 (label verso); W. Graham Arader, III, King of Prussia, Pennsylvania (label and text page verso); Property of a South Carolina Collector