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, on paper

ClassificationsPrints

Credit LineMuseum purchase, funds provided by Ben M. Carter in honor of Enrique R. Anderson (Class of '95) and Family

Object number2014.29.17

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PRINTS AND DRAWINGS BEFORE 1850

DescriptionMany different types and colors of mice/rats, both adults and babies; mouse skeleton; one bird in the top right corner with long blue beak, red, yellow, and gray body, and long red tail, standing on a tree branch. Plate 31 from volume I of "Locupletissimi Rerum Naturalium Thesauri," Amsterdam: Wetsten, Smith and Waesberg, 1734-1755.