Botanical Virginia exhibit

Name: Botanical Virginia exhibit
Start: 2015-12-05T00:00:00
End: 2016-02-29T00:00:00
Location: Jamestown Settlement

Dec. 05, 2015 to Feb. 28, 2016

Jamestown Settlement 2070 Jamestown Road, Williamsburg, Virginia 23185

Nov. 13, 2015

3:43 p.m.

"Clayton & Catesby: Botanical Virginia"

The beauty and variety of Virginia plant life is showcased in a three-month exhibit opening December 5 at Jamestown Settlement. “Clayton & Catesby: Botanical Virginia” explores documentation of native plants by naturalist Mark Catesby and botanist John Clayton in the 18th century and the Flora of Virginia Project in the 21st century.

On loan from the Garden Club of Virginia, 17 period hand-colored engravings created from Catesby’s watercolor paintings of American flora and fauna, will be exhibited alongside a 1762 edition of Flora Virginica, based on Clayton’s work. The exhibit, which is curated by the Flora of Virginia Project, also will include tools used for studying and collecting plants, and biographies of Catesby and Clayton.