Overview Nicholas Marcellus Hentz (1797-1856) was a French-born entomologist, engraver, and miniature painter who spoke several languages and studied medicine in Paris and at Harvard. Hentz became a member of ANSP in 1819 and remained so until his death in 1856, illustrating articles published in the Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. This collection includes three watercolors by Nicholas Hentz: two paintings of freshwater fish from Alabama, ca. 1847 and one miniature of...