For more information about other conference venues in DC and Charleston SC
see http://www.catesbytrust.org/tercentennial/
Mark Catesby's Third Centennial In America;
Celebrating His Impact On Our World
Sunday, November 4, 2012: Richmond, VA
(Rooms have been reserved at a special rate at the four star Omni Hotel.)
4:00 pm – 7:30 pm: Wilton House Museum of the National Society of Colonial
Dames in America in the Commonwealth of Virginia
Tour of the Wilton House and viewing of “The Curious Mr. Catesby
Welcome: Laura Towers, President of NSCDA – VA and Robert Strohm, Executive
Director, Wilton House Museum
Introduction: Viewing of “The Curious Mister Catesby” Documentary Motion
Picture, introduced by Cynthia P. Neal, Producer & Director
The Museum will have a concurrent exhibit of Catesby etchings
Cocktail Reception
Monday, November 5, 2012:
Richmond, VA / Washington, DC
(Rooms have been reserved at a special rate at the four star Hotel Monaco.)
9:00 am – 12:30 pm: Wilton House Museum
9:00 am: Catesby's Influences and Sources
Mark Catesby and his Botanical Forerunners
Dr. Karen Reeds, independent scholar
William Dampier: Diana & Michael Preston; Authors of “A Pirate
of Exquisite Mind: Explorer, Naturalist and Buccaneer: The Life of
William Dampier”
Maria Sibylla Merian: Pioneering Naturalist, Artist & Inspiration
for Catesby: Florence FJM Pieters, Faculty of Biology, University of
Amsterdam & Dr. Kay Etheridge, Professor of Biology, Gettysburg College
10:45 am: Catesby's World
England: Dr. Janet Browne, Chair, Aramont Professor of the History of
Science, Harvard University
Virginia: Dr. Sarah Meacham, Associate Professor of History, Virginia
Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
Carolina: Dr. Suzanne Linder Hurley, Independent Research Historian
and Author, Davidson, NC
Bahamas: Dr. Robert Robertson, Curator of Malacology, Philadelphia
Academy of Natural Sciences
1:00 pm – 2:00 pm: Lunch at the Commonwealth Club
2:30 pm: Tour of Kent-Valentine House which has a large collection of
Catesby etchings.
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