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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 number2014.29.17
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.
