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Two armadillos, a brown dog, a brown and white spotted cat, and a brown and black bird with a very long tail.
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Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi

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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 number2014.29.11
Collections
Visual DescriptionTwo armadillos, a brown dog, a brown and white spotted cat, and a brown and black bird with a very long tail. Plate 30 from volume I of "Locupletissimi Rerum Naturalium Thesauri," Amsterdam: Wetsten, Smith and Waesberg, 1734-1755.
Four drawings of animals. In the center, a Sri Lankan armadillo casts a shadow below. Above the armadillo is a blue and yellow African viper and a brown African grass snake. Both snakes curl and entwine their bodies. Below the armadillo is a brown and white African grass snake, which stretches its body across the composition. Plate 54 from Volume I of "Locupletissimi Rerum Naturalium Thesauri," Amsterdam: Wetsten, Smith and Waesberg, 1734-1755.
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Albert Seba
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A 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.
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Albert Seba
1734-1755
A brown and white mouse, a two-headed deer, a dark brown deer, a bird with a very long tail, and a black and white caterpillar on a green leaf.
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Albert Seba
1734-1755
A white armadillo surrounded by botanical drawings of various plants with green leaves and flowers that are either yellow, white, or pink; a hornet/yellowjacket perches on one plant. Plate 29 from volume I of "Locupletissimi Rerum Naturalium Thesauri," Amsterdam: Wetsten, Smith and Waesberg, 1734-1755.
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Albert Seba
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Four taxonomic illustrations of animals. In the center, a brown and yellow Asian porcupine. In the top left, a detail of the porcupine's black and white tail. Also depicted are a black and white Asian bird of paradise and a small red American snake.
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Albert Seba
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Taxonomic illustrations of eight animals and plants from the Americas. At the top are a brown and yellow snake from Mexico and a pair of spotted black and white snakes from Brazil. Below these snakes are two brown branches from American shrubs and three snakes with diamond patterning from Mexico.
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Albert Seba
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Eight taxonomic illustrations of plants and animals from the Americas. In the center, three snakes intertwine their bodies. They include a green spotted snake, a yellow and white striped water snake, and a brown and white banded water snake. Beneath them is a green frog from Suriname. To their left and right lie two aquatic plants of green and yellow. At the top of the composition, one yellow and one red bird from Mexico fly and face each other. Plate 70 from Volume II of "Locupletissimi Rerum N…
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Albert Seba
1734-1755
A mongoose and a mountain cat, greatly out of proportion, climbing on a mountain; two goats/antelopes with horns; two colorful birds standing on tree branches.
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Albert Seba
1734-1755
Two white moles, one black mole, two gray moles, one mole skeleton, and two large cats described in the text as tigers, but more likely cheetahs or jaguars based on their spots rather than stripes.
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Albert Seba
1734-1755
Taxonomic illustrations of five animals. Four iguanas face each other, arranged in a square. At the top left and bottom right, the male and female of a pair of American iguanas with brown and blue bodies. At the top right and bottom left, the male and female of a pair of Asian iguanas with blue and gray bodies. In the center, a brown, yellow, and green Sri Lankan snake.
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Albert Seba
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Four lizards, one gray, one yellow with patterns along its back, one blue and white, one yellow-orange with a brown head, and two plants with green leaves.
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Albert Seba
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Thirteen taxonomic illustrations of various plants and animals. Eleven illustrations depict scorpions of various sizes and from various regions, including Brazil, Ceylon, Suriname, Guinea, the Netherlands, and Italy. Also depicted are a brown and white Indonesian viper and a branch with yellow flowers from an Indian acacia tree.
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Albert Seba
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