Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi

CVII

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 number2014.29.25

Collections

PRINTS AND DRAWINGS BEFORE 1850

DescriptionMany different types of seashell including Turritella, gastropods, and bivalves; fossils; sharks' teeth; part of a stag's horn; and a portion of a crab. Plate 112 from volume IV of "Locupletissimi Rerum Naturalium Thesauri," Amsterdam: Wetsten, Smith and Waesberg, 1734-1755.