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Artist
Albert Seba
(German, 1665 - 1736)
Date1734-1755
MediumCopperplate engraving, hand colored
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineMuseum purchase, funds provided by Ben M. Carter in honor of Enrique R. Anderson (Class of '95) and Family
Object number2014.29.8
DescriptionEight taxonomic illustrations of animals from various continents. At the top, an orange, green, and yellow Sri Lankan curls its body. Below are depicted a green and yellow Sri Lankan lizard, two Indonesian salamanders of blue, yellow, and red, a black and white American snake, a black and white African snake, a yellow American salamander, and a gray American toad. Plate 109 from Volume I of "Locupletissimi Rerum Naturalium Thesauri," Amsterdam: Wetsten, Smith and Waesberg, 1734-1755.
