Natural History Artists who Visited Florida

John James Audubon drews birds from freshly killed specimens or from life, and tried to make them look as life-life as possible. Other eighteenth and early nineteen century artists drew animals that looked either recently dead or stylized.

Mark Catesby

British naturalist Mark Catesby visited the region in beginning in 1722. His drawings were reproduced in The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands between 1731 and 1743. The prints included birds, fish and other wildlife. Catesby's and Audubon's prints have been reproduced countless times since their publication.

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