ABBOT, John (1751 – 1840)
1751 – 1840
2 entries in the GMN corpus.
Image source John Abbot · Self portrait of John Abbot (1751-1840). · Public domain
1797 CE
#7768
The natural history of the rarer lepidopterous insects of Georgia. Including their systematic characters, the particulars of their several metamorphoses, and the plants on which they feed. Collected from the observations of Mr. John Abbot, many years resident in that country, by James Edward Smith.
The earliest illustrated monograph on the butterflies and moths of North America. Text in English and French. 104 hand-colored plates. Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.
2019 CE
#13095
John Abbot and William Swainson: Art, science, and commerce in nineteenth-century natural history illustration
"During his lifetime (1751-ca. 1840), English-born naturalist and artist John Abbot rendered more than 4,000 natural history illustrations and profoundly influenced North American entomology, as he documented many spe…