Artist and naturalist. John Abbot came from England to Georgia in 1776 to document the natural landscape of the American Southeast. John Abbot's research and paintings were so valued that the famed scientist Charles Darwin studied his paintings in London before setting out on his own explorations that led to his theory of evolution. John Abbot's books, papers, and paintings are in museums, archives, and libraries in Great Britain, New Zealand, the United States (Georgia, South Carolina, Maryland, Massachusetts, etc.), and elsewhere. In 1797 Abbot's drawings received increased attention in international naturalist and scientific circles due to the publication of The Natural History of the Rarer Lepidopterous Insects of Georgia by Sir James Edward Smith. The two-volume work included 104 hand-colored engravings of Abbot's paintings, along with Abbot's notes and observations, given in both French and English. Throughout his life, Abbot is credited with over 5,000 watercolor sketches. Along with the publication of The Natural History of the Rarer Lepidopterous Insects of Georgia, Abbot's specimens and paintings have been utilized for a number of other publications, including Johann Christian Fabricius's Entomologia Systematica Emendata er Acuta (1792-1799), Thomas Martyn's Psyche (1797), Jacob Hübner's Sammlung Exotischer (1806-1838) and Zutrage zur Sammlung Exotischere Schmettlinge (1808-1837), William Swainson's Zoological Illustrations (1820-1821), Jean Baptiste Alphonse Boisduval and John Eatton Le Conte's Histoire Generale et Iconographie des Lepidopteres et des Chenilles de L'Amerique Septentrionale (1829-1837), Edward Doubleday's The Entomologist (1840), Charles Athanase and Baron Walckenaer's Histoire Naturelle des Insects: Apteres (1837-1847) and again in the 1836 volume of Herman August Hagen's Abbot's Handzeichnungen im Britischen Museum und die Neuroptera Georgiens. He spent his last decades in Bulloch County, Georgia befriended by the McElveen and Cone families. As a boy, Aaron Cone, Jr. guided the famous naturalist and artist on his explorations of Bulloch County wildlife. In 1957 the Georgia Historical Society erected a marker at his grave in recognition of this distinguished artist and naturalist.
Artist and naturalist. John Abbot came from England to Georgia in 1776 to document the natural landscape of the American Southeast. John Abbot's research and paintings were so valued that the famed scientist Charles Darwin studied his paintings in London before setting out on his own explorations that led to his theory of evolution. John Abbot's books, papers, and paintings are in museums, archives, and libraries in Great Britain, New Zealand, the United States (Georgia, South Carolina, Maryland, Massachusetts, etc.), and elsewhere. In 1797 Abbot's drawings received increased attention in international naturalist and scientific circles due to the publication of The Natural History of the Rarer Lepidopterous Insects of Georgia by Sir James Edward Smith. The two-volume work included 104 hand-colored engravings of Abbot's paintings, along with Abbot's notes and observations, given in both French and English. Throughout his life, Abbot is credited with over 5,000 watercolor sketches. Along with the publication of The Natural History of the Rarer Lepidopterous Insects of Georgia, Abbot's specimens and paintings have been utilized for a number of other publications, including Johann Christian Fabricius's Entomologia Systematica Emendata er Acuta (1792-1799), Thomas Martyn's Psyche (1797), Jacob Hübner's Sammlung Exotischer (1806-1838) and Zutrage zur Sammlung Exotischere Schmettlinge (1808-1837), William Swainson's Zoological Illustrations (1820-1821), Jean Baptiste Alphonse Boisduval and John Eatton Le Conte's Histoire Generale et Iconographie des Lepidopteres et des Chenilles de L'Amerique Septentrionale (1829-1837), Edward Doubleday's The Entomologist (1840), Charles Athanase and Baron Walckenaer's Histoire Naturelle des Insects: Apteres (1837-1847) and again in the 1836 volume of Herman August Hagen's Abbot's Handzeichnungen im Britischen Museum und die Neuroptera Georgiens. He spent his last decades in Bulloch County, Georgia befriended by the McElveen and Cone families. As a boy, Aaron Cone, Jr. guided the famous naturalist and artist on his explorations of Bulloch County wildlife. In 1957 the Georgia Historical Society erected a marker at his grave in recognition of this distinguished artist and naturalist.
Bio by: Sharlotte Neely Donnelly
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