Charles Catton the younger

Charles Catton the younger (30 December 1756 – 24 April 1819) was an English-born American topographical artist, illustrator, theatrical scene-painter, and slave-owner.

In 1793, he showed designs, along with fellow artist E A Burney, for John Gay's Fables, which were subsequently published.

[2] In 1788 he published an early book of coloured aquatints, Animals Drawn from Nature and Engraved in Aqua-tinta.

The book included images and descriptions, written and etched by Catton, of thirty-six animals from around the world.

In 1815, he severely beat his slave, Robert, who was engaged in a relationship with Sojourner Truth, herself at the time enslaved on a neighboring farm.