XCV
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 number2014.29.20
DescriptionTaxonomic 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. Plate 95 from Volume I of "Locupletissimi Rerum Naturalium Thesauri," Amsterdam: Wetsten, Smith and Waesberg, 1734-1755.
