Frederick Catherwood
(1799–1854) British Mesoamericanist, explorer, artist, architect, and photographer (1799-1854)
Frederick Catherwood (1799–1854) is listed in the catalogue as a painter and a photographer. By year of birth, Frederick Catherwood belongs to the chapter ‘Romanticism’ in this site’s history of art.
Frederick Catherwood was born in Hackney and died in Atlantic Ocean. Frederick Catherwood worked in Yucatán. Wikidata associates Frederick Catherwood with Romanticism.
The best-known works include ‘Incidents of Travel in Yucatan’ and ‘Incidents of Travel in Central America, Chiapas, and Yucatan’. The works belong mainly to the genre landscape painting. The catalogue has 4 works by Frederick Catherwood with free images. The dated works are all from 1843. Yale Center for British Art holds at least one work by Frederick Catherwood.
Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Henri Decaisne, August Kopisch, Thomas Witlam Atkinson, Michał Kulesza, and Emilius Ditlev Bærentzen.