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CVII
CVII
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
Visual 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.
Many different types and colors of gastropod seashell, including conch and murex.
Albert Seba
1734-1755
Many different types and colors of gastropod seashells.
Albert Seba
1734-1755
Many different types of gastropod seashell, including conch.
Albert Seba
1734-1755
Many different types and colors of gastropod seashell, in a concentric circle and other appealing arrangements.
Albert Seba
1734-1755
Many different types of gastropod seashell, in an appealing arrangement.
Albert Seba
1734-1755
Many different types and colors of gastropod seashells.
Albert Seba
1734-1755
Many different types of gastropod seashells.
Albert Seba
1734-1755
Many different types of gastropod seashells.
Albert Seba
1734-1755
Many 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.
Albert Seba
1734-1755
Many different types of hairballs and bezoars from a variety of animals.
Albert Seba
1734-1755
Many different samples of minerals and materials; a carved and engraved bowl at the center with the high relief of a man mining materials
Albert Seba
1734-1755
Details of ten samples of petrified wood, in various colors including brown, blue, purple, green, red, and yellow.
Albert Seba
1734-1755
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