Overview: 40 etchings were on view by the English artist-naturalist Mark Catesby (1683-1749) from the collection of Dr. and Mrs. George B. Green of Arlington, Virginia. 13 of these were given to the Gallery. Impressions of flora and fauna gathered during Catesby's visit to his sister in Williamsburg, Virginia, 1712-1726, were recorded in 220 plates for his 2-volume The Natural History of the Carolinas, Florida, and the Bahamas, 1731-1743.

A copy of this publication was lent for the occasion by Paul Mellon, then president of the National Gallery. The exhibition was shown at the same time as the prints of Charles Meryon.