apprentice as tradesman; self-taugh in art ; taught etching by Mark Catesby (1683-1749)
England, UK
Sir Hans Sloane ; George Edwards: Natural History of Uncommon Birds (1743-1751) ; Gleanings Natural History (1758-1764) ; Catesby & Edwards: Birds ; Carl von Linné ; Thomas Pennant: British Zoology (1761-1777) ;
Royal College of Physicians London ; Sir Hans Sloane; Mark Catesby; Phil. Trans. of Royal Society
Carl von Linné ; J. M. Seligmann ;
medical, botanical, zoological, and ornithological drawing, gouache, etching, and painting ; hand-colouring ;
