Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi

XXXVII

Artist Albert Seba (German, 1665 - 1736)

Date1734-1755

MediumCopperplate engraving, hand colored

DimensionsMat: 24 x 30 in., (61 x 76.2 cm,)
Paper: 21 x 28 in. (53.3 x 71.1 cm)
Other (Image): 16 3/4 x 21 3/8 in. (42.5 x 54.3 cm)

ClassificationsPrints

Credit LineMuseum purchase, funds provided by David and Elizabeth Morgan

Object number2011.22

Collections

PRINTS AND DRAWINGS BEFORE 1850

DescriptionA possum with babies in its pouch; an armadillo both standings and rolled; a blue, red, and green parrot standing on a tree branch; a red, brown, and white bird in flight; a blue bird standing on a tree branch; and green leaves. Plate 37 from volume I of "Locupletissimi Rerum Naturalium Thesauri," Amsterdam: Wetsten, Smith and Waesberg, 1734-1755.