XXXII
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 number2014.29.13
DescriptionTwo 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, leopards, or jaguars based on their spots rather than stripes. Plate 32 from volume I of "Locupletissimi Rerum Naturalium Thesauri," Amsterdam: Wetsten, Smith and Waesberg, 1734-1755.
