LXIIII
Artist
Albert Seba
(German, 1665 - 1736)
Date1734-1755
MediumCopperplate engraving, hand colored
Dimensions19 x 25 1/2 in. (48.3 x 64.8 cm)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineMuseum purchase, funds provided by Naomi Ware and Tom Simon
Object number2012.46.3
DescriptionDrawings of ten plants and animals. In the center, a brown and gray limbless lizard of the genus Acontias from Saint Croix. Surrounding the lizard are five common snakes from America and Suriname, of various shades of red, yellow, and black. Arranged symmetrically are two leaves from an American maidenhead fern and two from an African maidenhead fern. Plate 64 from Volume II of "Locupletissimi Rerum Naturalium Thesauri," Amsterdam: Wetsten, Smith and Waesberg, 1734-1755.
