16 Free Artworks of 18th Century Tree Illustration

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Frutex spinofus from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands (1754) by Mark Catesby (1683-1749).

Lily–Daffodil (ca. 1772 –1793) by Giorgio Bonelli.

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Mangrove Grape-Tree (Prunus maritima racemosa) and Great horned butterfly (Eruca maxima cornuta) from The natural history of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands (1754) by Mark Catesby (1683-1749).

Hoptree. Ptelea trifoliata. Thrives in the moist soil of the Mississippi River Valley. Illustration by Mark Catesby (1722)

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Tulip tree, American tulip tree, fiddle-tree (Liriodendron tuliperfera) with Baltimore-bird, oriole (Icterus Ex Aureo Nigroque varius). One of the largest trees native to the eastern United States. Illustration by Mark Catesby, (1722).

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Poisonwood, Florida poisontree, hog gum (Metopium toxiferum) with violet grosbeak (Coccothraustes purpurea). iIlustration by Mark Catesby, (1722).

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American sycamore (Platanus occidentalis) with Summer Redbind. Catesby, M., The natural history of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands, vol. 1, t. 56 (1754)

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Edible Fig. Ficus carica. Blackwell, E., A curious herbal, vol. 1: t. 125 (1737) [E. Blackwell]

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Papaya, fruta bomba. Carica papaya. Illustration by G.D. Ehret (1750).

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Custard Apple tree with Eyed Hawk-moth (1743)

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Tree Mallow. Grows in coastal areas of Western Europe and the Mediterranean.

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Custard apple, netted pawpaw, bull's heart (Annona reticulata), with Phalaena magna (the largest Carolina moth). Illustration by Mark Catesby (1722).

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Sassafras Black Swallowtail butterfly (Papilio troilus ilioneus), on Sassafras tree (Sassafras albidum).

The red bird, the hiccory tree, and the pignut (1731).

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Violet grosbeak (Coccothraustes purpurea) with Poisonwood (Metopium toxiferum). By Mark Catesby, (1722)

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Southern magnolia, bull bay, loblolly magnolia (1771)

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