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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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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
Dimensionsneed dims
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineMuseum purchase, funds provided by Terry White
Object number2011.69.1
Collections
Visual DescriptionA 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.
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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Ten taxonomic illustrations of plants and animals. In the center is an American snake, surrounded by four opossums, one of which houses several of her young in her pouch. Other drawings include a Brazilian red, yellow, and blue bird and four branches from American and Brazilian plants.
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Albert Seba
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Many different fish, including catfish and sturgeon.
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Albert Seba
1734-1755
Drawings of ten plants and animals. In the central, 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.
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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
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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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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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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
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Many types of shells and aquatic plants, including barnacles, sea acorns, piddocks, and sea plants.
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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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Taxonomic illustrations of six plants and animals. At the top, a brown American monkey and a brown three-toed sloth rest amid branches from the Japanese camphor laurel tree. Below them lie two yellow and brown snakes from Sri Lanka. At the bottom left, a young, hairless Sri Lankan two-toed sloth climbs another camphor laurel branch.
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Albert Seba
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