after Mark Catesby (British, 1682-1749), Two Watercolors

Both ink and colors on laid paper, the first a study of the Mastic tree from Volume II, Part 9 of Catesby's Natural History of Carolina, Florida & the Bahama Islands; the second a study of the Carolina silverbell or opossum-wood (Halesia tetraptera) from Volume I, plate T.64 of Catesby's Natural History of Carolina, Florida & the Bahama Islands, each matted and framed under glass.

SS 14.5 x 9.5 in.; DOA 23 x 17.5 in.

From the Collection of Margaret P. Altany, Charlotte, NC

Soft cockling to sheets; each with light toning and minor foxing.

$400 - 800