Eleazar Albin
Naturalist, illustrator (1680-1742) · Artists
Eleazar Albin was an English naturalist and watercolourist illustrator who wrote and illustrated a number of books including A Natural History of English Insects (1720), A Natural History of Birds (1731-38) and A Natural History of Spiders and other Curious Insects (1736).
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![Frontispiece from 1736 edition of The Natural History of Spiders and other Curious Insects with Albin on a horse.[1]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Albin_frontispiece.jpg/1280px-Albin_frontispiece.jpg)
Frontispiece from 1736 edition of The Natural History of Spiders and other Curious Insects with Albin on a horse.[1]!["Albin's Macaw", a Jamaican parrot, a 1734 painting by Eleazar Albin.[3] This is almost certainly the red-and-green macaw (Ara chloropterus) from South America.[4]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Albin%27s_Macaw.jpg/500px-Albin%27s_Macaw.jpg)
"Albin's Macaw", a Jamaican parrot, a 1734 painting by Eleazar Albin.[3] This is almost certainly the red-and-green macaw (Ara chloropterus) from South America.[4]![Privet Hawk Moths and Callajoppa Exaltatoria by Eleazar Albin, 1720[13]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Privet_Hawk_Moths_and_Callajoppa_Exaltatoria.jpg/1280px-Privet_Hawk_Moths_and_Callajoppa_Exaltatoria.jpg)
Privet Hawk Moths and Callajoppa Exaltatoria by Eleazar Albin, 1720[13]About this person
He has been described as one of the "great entomological book illustrators of the 18th century".
Category
Artists
Type
Artist
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1680 to 1741 · aged 61
