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Many types of shells and aquatic plants, including barnacles, sea acorns, piddocks, and sea plants.
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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 number2014.38.28
Collections
Visual DescriptionMany types of shells and aquatic plants, including barnacles, sea acorns, piddocks, and sea plants. Plate 16 from Volume III of "Locupletissimi Rerum Naturalium Thesauri," Amsterdam: Wetsten, Smith and Waesberg, 1734-1755.
Green, white, peach, and yellow sea sponges, corals, barnacles, and seashells.
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Albert Seba
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Eight taxonomic illustrations of plants and animals from the Americas. In the center, three snakes intertwine their bodies. They include a green spotted snake, a yellow and white striped water snake, and a brown and white banded water snake. Beneath them is a green frog from Suriname. To their left and right lie two aquatic plants of green and yellow. At the top of the composition, one yellow and one red bird from Mexico fly and face each other. Plate 70 from Volume II of "Locupletissimi Rerum N…
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Albert Seba
1734-1755
Many different types and colors of gastropod seashell, including conch and murex.
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Albert Seba
1734-1755
Many different types and colors of gastropod seashells.
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Albert Seba
1734-1755
Many different types of gastropod seashell, including conch.
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Albert Seba
1734-1755
Many different types and colors of gastropod seashell, in a concentric circle and other appealing arrangements.
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Albert Seba
1734-1755
Many different types of gastropod seashell, in an appealing arrangement.
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Albert Seba
1734-1755
Many different types and colors of gastropod seashells.
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Albert Seba
1734-1755
Many different types of gastropod seashells.
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Albert Seba
1734-1755
Many different types of gastropod seashells.
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Albert Seba
1734-1755
Ten taxonomic illustrations of plants and animals. In the center is an American snake, surrounded by four opossums, one of which houses several of her young in her pouch. Other drawings include a Brazilian red, yellow, and blue bird and four branches from American and Brazilian plants.
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Albert Seba
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A white armadillo surrounded by botanical drawings of various plants with green leaves and flowers that are either yellow, white, or pink; a hornet/yellowjacket perches on one plant. Plate 29 from volume I of "Locupletissimi Rerum Naturalium Thesauri," Amsterdam: Wetsten, Smith and Waesberg, 1734-1755.
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Albert Seba
1734-1755

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